アフガン派兵中のカナダが世論操作の疑い（負傷兵の公表を中止）

カナダ軍がひそかにアフガニスタンでの負傷兵の公表を中止していたことが明らかになった。

「タリバンが正確な情報をつかむのを避けるため」との口実。

アフガニスタンにおいて自国軍に死傷者が出るたびに、カナダ国内では厭戦的な世論が増加している。


☆Secrecy surrounds Canada's Afghan wounded
（カナダ紙「Toronto Star」）

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/784122--secrecy-surrounds-canada-s-afghan-wounded

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN―The Canadian military has quietly stopped reporting when soldiers are wounded on the battlefield and will instead deliver annual statistics to the public.

The stark policy shift is described as a deliberate attempt to keep the Taliban in the dark.

The weekend death of Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick in an Edmonton trauma centre brought the directive to the forefront. The 21-year-old was mortally wounded in a previously unreported March 6 roadside bombing.

Fitzpatrick, of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was on a foot patrol with Afghan soldiers when the blast occurred in the volatile Zhari district, west of Kandahar.

There have been other recent unreported incidents, including a soldier with a gunshot wound to the leg last week.



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