Gerry Champagne

Type: Person

Name: Gerry Champagne

Title: Director - Land Force Readiness (Canada)

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

Battle for Afghanistan's South is key: Canadian general

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — NATO's International Security Assistance Force is pouring resources into Kandahar because 'if the enemy has the South, they have a strong hold on Afghanistan,' according to the Canadian general who runs the alliance's ... [Canada.com - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Kandahar, Afghanistan, Gerry Champagne

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

US Army

Canadians looking forward to U.S. help in battle against Taliban

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan â Senior Canadian officers in southern Afghanistan hope that President Barack Obama's long deliberations over troop levels will result in additional U.S. combat forces in Kandahar where Canada has been facing tough resistance ... [Canada.com - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Kandahar, Kandahar City, US Army

Quotes

...has been working a few hundred metres away from the Canadian headquarters figuring out where NATO's war in the Taliban heartland goes from here. "kandahar city is the prize. that is why the southern region has to be the main effort" said Champagne, a Van Doo who used to run Canada's infantry school, and is five months into his 12-month tour

Battle for Afghanistan's South is key: Canadian general [Canada.com - 11/17/2009]

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