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This is Corporal Darren James Fitzpatrick, RIP. He died yesterday of wounds inflicted by an IED while on patrol in Afghanistan.

Cpl. Fitpatrick is the 141st member of the Canadian Armed Forces to die for... for what? He was only 21.

What bothers me about Cpl. Fitzpatrick's death is that the public wasn't told of the incident until yesterday, although it happened on March 6th. Is it possible that casualties of our troops are so commonplace that the Department of National Defence (sic) doesn't even bother to tell us any more?

And...innocent question for the Prime Minister...what does "National Defence" have to do with our being in Afghanistan?