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Amazon.ca: Editorial Reviews Books: The Ghosts of Medak Pocket: the Story of Canada's Secret War

Definitely worth a read if you give a damn about the state of our forces and what we call "peacekeeping".


"In 1993, Canadian peacekeepers in Croatia were plunged into the most significant fighting Canada had seen since the Korean War. Their extraordinary heroism was covered up and forgotten. The ghosts of that battlefield have haunted them ever since.

Canadian peacekeepers in Medak Pocket, Croatia, found no peace to keep in September 1993. They engaged the forces of ethnic cleansing in a deadly firefight and drove them from the area under United Nations protection. The soldiers should have returned home as heroes. Instead, they arrived under a cloud of suspicion and silence.

In Medak Pocket, members of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry did exactly the job they were trained — and ordered — to do. When attacked by the Croat army they returned fire and fought back valiantly to protect Serbian civilians and to save the UN mandate in Croatia. Then they confronted the horrors of the offensive’s aftermath — the annihilation by the Croat army of Serbian villages. The Canadians searched for survivors. There were none.

The soldiers came home haunted by these atrocities, but in the wake of the Somalia affair, Canada had no time for soldiers’ stories of the horrific compromises of battle — the peacekeepers were silenced. In time, the dark secrets of Medak’s horrors drove many of these soldiers to despair, to homelessness and even suicide.

Award-winning journalist Carol Off brings to life this decisive battle of the Canadian Forces. The Ghosts of Medak Pocket is the complete and untold story. "

Hidalgo (2004)

Here's a crime: All the time and energy into a "epic" travel adventure in the spirit of old cowboy flicks goes into this film. The extra's on the DVD talk about all the work that goes into a huge production like this film. It doesn't register with the public the weekend that it opens and all that work doesn't matter. It's a shame, cuz this was a fun adventure flick.

Freaks and Geeks part3

The Freaks and Geeks box set has been DEVOURED! I watch a couple episodes just about every evening, I couldn't stop. This was such a great show. If you graduated during the 80's you will find it very entertaining. Some wonderful acting and of course some great script writing. i am so glad the fans of this cult show petitioned and fought hard until they decided to release the box set. It's to all of our benefit.

The more I compare my highschool experience the more I realize I was a geek in freaks clothing. I hung with the crowd into all that bad stuff, but my likes and dislikes seem to favour the geeky side. I won't spoil it for you but there is a bit of that cross over in the final epsiode. It was one of my fave moments of the show...

Gawd I feel so old now!

Fallujah in Pictures

The reality of the war in Iraq. I caution you, these pictures are not pretty.

USATODAY.com - Unprotected PCs can be hijacked in minutes

Simply connecting to the Internet — and doing nothing else — exposes your PC to non-stop, automated break-in attempts by intruders looking to take control of your machine surreptitiously.

While most break-in tries fail, an unprotected PC can get hijacked within minutes of accessing the Internet. Once hijacked, it is likely to get grouped with other compromised PCs to dispense spam, conduct denial-of-service attacks or carry out identity-theft scams.