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Afghanistan: Bombs
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Canadian troops in Afghanistan have a newweapon against deadly roadside bombs. Military officials unveiled the first oftheir new RSD Husky armored vehicles. The South African-built Huskies areequipped with sophisticated metal and electronic detectors that scan roads andditches for improvised explosive devices, roadside bombs and landmines.
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Over the past year, the situation in Afghanistan has dramatically deteriorated. Violence has jumped 27 percent. Suicide bombings rose to 140 in 2007, compared with five between 2001 and 2005. Coalition and Afghan civilian casualties have reached “the highest level since 2001.”
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Most of Afghanistan is mountainous. A notable exception to this is the Tora Bora plains, formerly the Tora Bora Mountain Range, which was bombed into plains because Osama Bin Laden was thought to be hiding there.
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