| "In more than two weeks in the field moving over 400 kilometres of the most volatile parts of this complex country, the Patricias were in more than 35 major gun battles that inflicted at least 100 Taliban casualties, destroyed nine ammunition caches, seized opium paste and heroin worth as much as $15-million, discovered jihadi propaganda specifically targeting Canadians as the enemy, dismantled two significant bomb-making factories, discovered and blew up six improvised explosive devices along the route and established an Afghan government presence in six districts in the remote heartland of Taliban strength."
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In another forum I read that the Taliban have started to call the Canadians 'Red Dogs'. Supposedly this is not an insult, but an acknowledgement by the Taliban of the tenacity of the Cdn. troops and is linked to a hunting dog in Afghanistan that is known for its aggressive hunt for its quarry. It kind of fits considering the Pat's have designated one of the more notorious outposts as the 'Red Devil Inn'.
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