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Interesting. Hopefully the Canadian Forces can get them long before Ottawa decides to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2011.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/200...80304?hub=TopStories

Here is the first part of the article, with most of it trimmed, though one only needs to go to the link for the rest of the details.

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MacKay says U.S. may provide six helicopters
Updated Tue. Mar. 4 2008 4:58 PM ET
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA -- Canada is in the final stages of high-level talks with the United States to acquire six battlefield helicopters for operations in Afghanistan, says Defence Minister Peter MacKay.
"We're not quite there yet, but I'm confident we'll have something very soon,'' MacKay said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
Supplying air transport to get soldiers off the bomb-strewn highways...
 
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