Damian has landed in the Sandbox and, as expected, does not disappoint.

Read his first post here.

Then, read his post on IEDs.

But here’s what we as Canadians don’t already know: that the Taliban victories plastered all over our media, and imprinted upon the national consciousness in 2008 represented less than 4% of the total IED incidents in Kandahar province during that time. And that percentage has nearly halved from the year before, when it was 7%.

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IED’s continue to be the single greatest threat to Canadian life in Kandahar, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. But the story the Canadian public has seen to this point is not the full picture.

If you haven’t done so already – take a few minutes and spare some change for his tip jar to help defray his costs. Click the Donate button on the bottom of his latest post, or the Chip In widget on every page.  Hey, if a military family planning their second ever vacation in nearly 14 years (the first, being at the “almost 13 year mark) can do it, so can you!

Ian Shantz from the Barrie Examiner is also on the same trip and you can read about his experiences here.  Archie McLean with the Edmonton Journal will be joining them soon and blogging from here.  According to Mr. McLean:

The blog was kept by my Journal colleagues Graham Thomson and Ryan Cormier when they were in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008 and the archives contain all kinds of great pictures and words from that troubled region.

News of 408’s Helicopters was printed in the Edmonton Sun today.

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