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CaptainCrunch · 03-02-2011, 12:39 PM

I would have thought that JTF would be in Afghanistan hunting for the kidnapped Canadian.

But on further review

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/HMC...870/story.html

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Postmedia News has confirmed that JTF2, Canada's elite special forces unit, has been sent to the region. MacKay would not comment on JTF2's movements but did note that some Canadian troops are embedded within the operations centre with British and other allied forces.

JTF2's role in the region might be limited to protecting Canadian transport aircraft or assisting in a French-led plan to deliver aid to parts of Libya now controlled by forces opposed to Gadhafi.

Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/HMCS+Char...zZ9[/QUOTE]

Seems like an underuse of JTF2

03-02-2011, 12:39 PM	#105
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	I would have thought that JTF would be in Afghanistan hunting for the kidnapped Canadian. But on further review http://www.vancouversun.com/news/HMC...870/story.html [QUOTE] Postmedia News has confirmed that JTF2, Canada's elite special forces unit, has been sent to the region. MacKay would not comment on JTF2's movements but did note that some Canadian troops are embedded within the operations centre with British and other allied forces. JTF2's role in the region might be limited to protecting Canadian transport aircraft or assisting in a French-led plan to deliver aid to parts of Libya now controlled by forces opposed to Gadhafi. Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/HMCS+Char...zZ9[/QUOTE] Seems like an underuse of JTF2 __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!