Gloria Galloway, 'Rate of Wounded on Rise', 13 November 2007
"The number of Canadian soldiers who are so badly wounded in Afghanistan that they must be returned to Canada for treatment is on a trajectory to far exceed last year's toll. During the first eight months of this year, 108 members of the Canadian Forces became eligible for the allowance that is given to wounded military personnel who lose their danger pay because their injuries require them to be removed from the war zone." That compares with 115 cases for all of 2006. "The number of NATO fatalities across Afghanistan has hit 214 so far this year, 23 more than the total for last year. There were 38 Canadian soldiers killed last year, compared with 27 so far in 2007. But the number of injuries has apparently grown."
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