Sunday, January 30, 2022

Yugoslavia And Afghanistan

 The mission to the former Yugoslavia would eventually become a NATO mission to stop the atrocities. Canadian forces remained involved throughout.


A patrol vehicle that bears the scars of war. Two Canadian soldiers were fired upon by Serbian troops in this vehicle while on patrol on New Year's Eve, 1994.


New Year's Eve 1994 is by Katherine Taylor, recreating the attack.


In 1999, Canadians were part of a NATO air campaign against Serbian operations in Kosovo.


A day that changed the world. This is a fragment of one of the two planes that hit the World Trade Centre towers on September 11th, 2001.


The Afghan War would rise up out of the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. Canadians would be committed to the war with combat operations finally ending in 2014. It remains our longest war.


Part of military efforts in that part of the world carries on today in the form of naval patrols in the seas. This painting is titled Going Aboard, by Bradford Douglas, depicting a Canadian boarding party as part of efforts against terrorist activities.


Canadian corporal Rob Furlong killed an Al-Qaeda fighter from 2 430 metres away, a record breaking shot, while assigned with Americans in 2002.


This is the rifle he used.

32 comments:

  1. Canadian forces have given quite a contribution.

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  2. I am glad the Canadians are on our side.
    Have a great day and a happy new week!!

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  3. And now we are teetering on war again over Ukraine. Ah, what would life be without a good conflict and some more misery and death?

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  4. The closer a past war is to the present day, the scarier. Ukraine being bullied makes zero sense.

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  5. @Italiafinlandia: indeed.

    @Eileen: thank you.

    @David: it's our nature.

    @Tom: so it seems.

    @Maywyn: I agree.

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  6. The Yugoslav incident was intense from years of build up. Others put these people together.

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  7. The Douglas painting really captures the energy.

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  8. War never ends, there is always more going on in the world.

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  9. I’m glad we left Afghanistan when we did.

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  10. An eclectic post and photos ~ peace and war ~ or war and peace ~ Xo

    Wishing you lots of love in your days,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  11. I do like the painting by Bradford Douglas.

    All the best Jan

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  12. Will war ever cease to be I wonder.

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  13. That's a mile plus, from a helluva rifle and marksman!

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  14. Peace is not conducive to world economy it seems.

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  15. They must've had damned good military equipment to shoot that far away.

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  16. Things are in danger of going wrong again in the former Yugoslavia. Peaceful coexistence seems to be quite complicated there.

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  17. Post war the soldiers would be traumatised.

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