July 4th was a deadly day for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. Six Canadian lives were lost to the blast of a roadside bomb. An Afghan interpreter was also killed in the explosion. Brigadier General Tim Grant called the bombing the work of terrorists. (The soldiers were due to end their tour of duty in Afghanistan at the end of the month.)

Date: 2007-07-04
Placeline: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 24 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << play the date they have they have managed to kill list 6th grade young Canadians today which which is an absolute tragedy but the other part of this is that they're killing lots of Afghans they think they're attacking the week they're killing children to chill it killing women there chilling killing policemen these are not the tactics of anything other than terrorists >>

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