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Bomb kills Canadian soldier in Afghanistan

Source: Toronto Star

Kandahar : Afghanistan | 4 months ago

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Afghanistan–A Canadian combat engineer, described as a great guy to be around, was killed in southern Afghanistan on Sunday when one of two roadside bombs he was trying to defuse exploded...Martin Dube, 35, was the second Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan in a week.

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