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and was the source of a controversy about the lack of public transparency by the Canadian Forces. [1] Gunther was the third Canadian fatality in the Yugoslavia peacekeeping mission, [2] and also the only Canadian soldier killed by hostile fire for the decade between 1993 and 2004 when Corporal Jamie Murphy was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. [3]
National Peacekeepers' Day (French: Journée Nationale des Casques Bleus) is an official remembrance day for Canadian veterans of military peacekeeping activities. [1] It is officially marked on 9 August of each year [ 2 ] and alternately may be observed on the closest Sunday.
The death of nine Canadian Armed Forces personnel when their Buffalo 461 was shot down over Syria on August 9, 1974, remains the largest single death toll in Canadian peacekeeping history. [52] [53] The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti saw the death of two Canadian RCMP peacekeepers as a result of the 2010 earthquake. [54]
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Alongside many domestic obligations and a few ongoing peacekeeping missions, the Canadian Armed Forces are currently deployed in multiple foreign military operation. [13] Below is a list of all currently active and past Canadian Armed Forces operations both within Canada's borders and internationally.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -The United Nations' peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said on Friday that the Israeli military's "deliberate and direct destruction" of its property was a "flagrant ...
A news wire photographer tries to photograph an image that captivates and you don’t have to write a word for it, whereas a newspaper photographer will normally take photos that need a caption." [ 1 ] Photographer Bill Grimshaw (who developed the photo) feels differently, believing that the photo was "a great photo for the day — but it ...