Canada whacks Taliban

Huzzah, you magnificant Canucks!

Taliban ask for bodies back after dozens killed in Afghan, Canadian attacks KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - The Taliban fighters remaining after a weekend of bloody battles with Canadian and Afghan forces have asked for their warriors' bodies back. Afghan government officials say 72 Taliban fighters died in a massive ground, air and artillery assault west of Kandahar. NATO officials say the losses were a big blow to the Taliban, eliminating up to 10 per cent of their estimated numbers in southern Afghanistan. Sources tell The Canadian Press that 18 bodies have been returned so far in a gesture of reconciliation. Late last week, moderate Taliban leaders expressed an interest in ending the fighting with Afghan government and NATO forces in the region. Haji Niamatullah, a member of the Kandahar provincial council and part of the government's reconciliation program, says those efforts continue despite the weekend violence First, let me say CANADA! CANADA! Second, what is this ''gesture of reconciliation" with rabid dogs? Third, When  do Islamos express interest in ending the fighting?  That's right. Press the advantage, good Mounties.