Taliban booby trap house then lure in Canadian soldiers saying Al Qaeda was there then blew the place up
Taliban gearing up for spring offensive
KATHERINE O’NEILL
From Monday’s Globe and Mail
May 18, 2008 at 9:31 PM EDT
ZHARI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN — Sapper Marc Carignan had just walked inside the compound, when a large explosion erupted near the main door, spraying jagged metal shrapnel several hundred metres and leaving a crater the size of a small car.
Several Canadian and Afghan soldiers were already inside the large mud building, which locals had told them was a possible Taliban hideout. Less than 10 minutes later, another explosion occurred, this time inside the compound, and filled the blue sky again with billowing black smoke.