To thank them for their service, the US should invite them to join a real military... ours.
Snipers Say U.S. Ties Angered Comrades
Military probe claims they were deemed traitors. Hailed as heroes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The Toronto Sun | September 30, 2004 | Bruce Campion-Smith
Ottawa Hailed as heroes for their crack shots in the mountains of Afghanistan, a group of decorated Canadian snipers were considered traitors by their fellow soldiers for the simple reason they worked alongside American troops.
That's the troubling allegation behind a new probe under way by the Canadian military.
André Marin, the Canadian Forces ombudsman, has been given the task of finding out why the snipers were treated so poorly by their colleagues.
In an unprecedented request, Gen. Ray Henault, chief of defence staff, has asked Marin to probe the treatment that is blamed with forcing a few of the snipers from the military.
"It's the first referral we've received by the chief of defence staff," Marin said yesterday.
"The chief of defence staff is concerned about the nature of the complaints that he's heard and he wants an independent investigation to get to the bottom of it," Marin told the Star.
"These are very serious allegations," Marin said.
For the countless American soldiers whose lives were saved by sharp eyes and crack shots of the snipers, the Canadians were seen as heroes.
But other Canadian soldiers resented their close affiliation with the American troops and made no secret of it when the snipers returned to their base in Afghanistan and then home to Canada, a source told the Star.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...
Snipers Say U.S. Ties Angered Comrades
Military probe claims they were deemed traitors. Hailed as heroes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The Toronto Sun | September 30, 2004 | Bruce Campion-Smith
Ottawa Hailed as heroes for their crack shots in the mountains of Afghanistan, a group of decorated Canadian snipers were considered traitors by their fellow soldiers for the simple reason they worked alongside American troops.
That's the troubling allegation behind a new probe under way by the Canadian military.
André Marin, the Canadian Forces ombudsman, has been given the task of finding out why the snipers were treated so poorly by their colleagues.
In an unprecedented request, Gen. Ray Henault, chief of defence staff, has asked Marin to probe the treatment that is blamed with forcing a few of the snipers from the military.
"It's the first referral we've received by the chief of defence staff," Marin said yesterday.
"The chief of defence staff is concerned about the nature of the complaints that he's heard and he wants an independent investigation to get to the bottom of it," Marin told the Star.
"These are very serious allegations," Marin said.
For the countless American soldiers whose lives were saved by sharp eyes and crack shots of the snipers, the Canadians were seen as heroes.
But other Canadian soldiers resented their close affiliation with the American troops and made no secret of it when the snipers returned to their base in Afghanistan and then home to Canada, a source told the Star.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...
