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Bleeding us dry

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Front Lines
Bleeding us dry

Bleeding us dry

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

Osama bin Laden had more in mind than inflicting incidental death and mayhem when he dispatched 19 al-Qaida terrorists to strike at the heart of American economic and military might two decades ago.

With hatred rooted in real and perceived abuse and exploitation, he aimed to lure the West, specifically the United States, into a protracted and costly war of attrition on home soil, where devout jihadists would be motivated and readily available.

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Kosmos-1383

Kosmos-1383

Story by Sharon Adams

The mountainous terrain of British Columbia has been described as a graveyard of small planes.

Many light aircraft downed by equipment failure, turbulence or unexpected foul weather have disappeared, crashing among the peaks and dense forests of the mountainsides and valleys. Some have never been found.

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The graveyard of empires

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An item from the Legion Magazine.

Legion Magazine
Front Lines
The graveyard of empires

The graveyard of empires

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

The graveyard of empires appears to have claimed another victim. But why couldn’t a high-powered coalition that included the United States, United Kingdom and Canada defeat a radically fundamentalist group of murderous zealots?

Many said from the beginning that the post-9/11 invaders of Afghanistan were doomed to follow the Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Britons (three times) and Soviets—all of whom left the country with their proverbial tails between their legs.

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Second World War 3-Pack
Military Milestones
At the liberation of Dieppe

At the liberation of Dieppe

Story by Sharon Adams

On Sept. 1, 1944, the 2nd Canadian Division returned to Dieppe, France, to a very different reception from that of just two years before.

Canadians made up the bulk of the attack force of about more than 6,000 in the disastrous Dieppe Raid in August 1942—907 of them were killed, about 2,460 wounded and nearly 2,000 captured.

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