Jul 23 2006
Corporals Francisco Gomez and Jason Warren
Corporal Francisco Gomez of the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry and Corporal Jason Warren of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) were killed when their Bison was caught in an explosion resulting from an attack by a suicide bomber in a car.
Eight other Canadian soldiers were wounded in the attack, fortunately all are expected to recover from their wounds. A number of Afghan civilians were killed in a later attack on the same convoy.
Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, local mouthpiece for the Taliban, claimed both suicide bombers were Afghans and threatened more suicide attacks and ambushes against coalition and Afghan forces.
Rest in peace gentlemen.