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‘Why not?’ A Canadian sniper in Ukraine

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An item from the Legion Magazine that may be of interest to some members.

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‘Why not?’ A Canadian sniper in Ukraine

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‘Why not?’ A Canadian sniper in Ukraine

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

Snipers don’t generally talk much about what they do, especially outside their exclusive circles.

Both feared and reviled by their enemies, they perform their deadly work from the shadows—and they prefer to keep it there. Some are haunted by their victims: “I see their faces,” a Ukrainian sniper named Sasha recently told The Economist.

 

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Indigenous pilots lost in the skies of WWI

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Three Canadians earn honours in Afghanistan explosion

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

After several days of rain, the sun finally reappeared in Nalgham District of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan on April 11, 2007.

Troop 1, B Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, had just finished a three-day observation patrol and, as the sun set, they were waiting at an observation post for Troop 2 to relieve them.

 

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Russian war crimes so numerous investigators had to limit probe’s scope

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Russian war crimes so numerous shocked investigators had to limit probe’s scope

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Russian war crimes so numerous  investigators had to limit probe’s scope

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

War crimes investigators in Ukraine say violations of international laws and conventions by invading Russian soldiers are so grievous and widespread that they have had to limit their focus to only the worst cases.

Investigators from the non-governmental organization Truth Hounds have been documenting war crimes in the country since 2014, when Moscow annexed the Crimean Peninsula and non-uniformed Russian troops began fighting alongside Russian-speaking separatists in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

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Indigenous pilots lost in the skies of WWI

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Indigenous pilots lost in the skies of WWI

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

Canada lost two Indigenous First World War airmen in early April 1918.

Lieutenant James David Moses, 26, was reported missing on April 1 with his pilot, South African Second Lieutenant Douglas Price Trollip, after their plane was shot down near Grévillers, France.

 

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