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HIGHLIGHTS
English-language Taliban statements monitored during this period
claimed responsibility for more than 800 (802) Canadian deaths in
Afghanistan. Canada announced 56 deaths during this period.
During this period, the Taliban has claimed an average of 14.32
Canadian casualties for every one officially announced by the
Canada.
During the monitoring period, 155 English-language statements
attributed to the Taliban were monitored – an average of 5.96 per
month.
No claims of responsibility for Canadian casualties were monitored
on English-language Taliban statements for the months of August,
September or October.
The latest Canadian casualty the Taliban has publicly claimed
responsibility for via an English-language statement was 6 Nov 10
(claiming responsibility for 6 people killed during a shura in the
Shah Wali Kot district). The next claim before that was 15 Jul 10.
1
Reports of Canadian Casualties in Taliban Statements
November 2010 vs November 2009
60
51
50
40
30
NV-10
NV-09
20
8 11
6
10
0
0
0 0
NV-09
Rep Dead
Cfm Dead
1 NV-10
Tanks Dest
Articles
160
140
120
100
Rep Dead
Cfm Dead
80
60
40
20
0
OC- NV- DC- JA- FB- M AP- MY- JU- JL- AG- SP- OC- NV- DC- JA- FB- M AP- MY- JN- JL- Ag- SP- OC- NV-
08 08 08 09 09 R- 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 R- 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
09 10
2
Number of Articles Monitored Claiming Canadian Casualties
October 2008 – November 2010
14
12
10
0
OC- NV- DC- JA- FB- MR- AP- MY- JU- JL- AG- SP- OC- NV- DC- JA- FB- MR- AP- MY- JN- JL- Ag- SP- OC- NV-
08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
NOTES:
(1) Previous Taliban references to number of crew members in Canadian “tanks” have ranged from four to six. Therefore,
any reference to “all on board” allegedly being killed will be counted as an average of five.
(2) “75 year old kills 6 Canadian invaders,” Voice of Jihad web page, accessed 6 Nov 10 at
http://212.7.195.26/~alemarah/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2871:kandahar-75-year-old-kills-
6-canadian-invaders&catid=1:news&Itemid=2 , full screen capture at Scribd.com
http://www.scribd.com/doc/41269952/KANDAHAR-75-year-old-kills-6-Canadian-invaders ): “Saturday, 06 November
2010 05:42 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi - KANDAHAR, Nov. 06 – Reports from Shah Wali Kot district say that Wali Muhammad
Aka, a 75 year old Mujahid and a resident of this districts Kajoor village opened fire with a Kalashnikov on Canadian
invaders who were sitting around in the village yesterday at 12:00 pm and as a result 6 Canadian terrorists which includes
a female invader were instantly killed before the brave Mujahid was Martyred (we ask Allah to grant him the highest ranks
in Paradise). It is worth mentioning that 5 years back a 15 year old Abdul Kareem also killed a Canadian invader by
striking him with an axe in this districts Kundalan area.”
(3) The incident referred to in the 6 Nov 10 Taliban statement, regarding the 15-year-old who allegedly killed a Canadian,
is false. The incident refers to the 6 Mar 10 axe attack against Captain Trevor Greene, who is still alive.