The Battle

A squadron of Canadian troops were marching north of Khandahar when they came upon a Taliban insurgent badly injured and unconscious..

Nearby, on the opposite side of the road, was a Canadian soldier in a similar but less serious state. The soldier was conscious and alert.

As first aid was given to both men, the soldier was asked what had happened.. The soldier reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north along this highway and coming south was that heavily armed Taliban insurgent. Seeing each other we both took cover. I called to him that Osama bin Laden was a miserable low-life, scumbag, and he yelled back that Paul Martin is a rich, good-for-nothing, lying, windbag."

"We were standing there shaking hands when a truck hit us."