Estonia emerges from Soviet rule to fight in Afghanistan

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    • March 13, 2009 Newly-minted Estonian soldiers head to Afghanistan * Estonia emerges from Soviet rule to fight in Afghanistan * Afghanistan may be a quagmire worse than Iraq, Vietnam * Estonia becomes E-stonia with digital revolution * Tune in: Online radio show on Canadas role in Afghanistan * Timeline: Canada in Afghanistans war zone * President Obama meets with top military officials * Waitthe surge in Iraq didnt work? * Baltic states preserve identities, but remain vulnerable * Lithuanians cling to their language to protect culture * Rising Sunni-Shiite violence threatens security in Iraq Soldiers gather for a briefing in Estonias snowy woods. Photo: Sally Garner Producer Sally Garner is reporting from Estonia and writes from a military base about the newly-independent countrys contribution to the war in Afghanistan. This newly-independent former Soviet Republic takes its freedom very seriously. Proud of its membership in NATO and its friendship with the United States, Estonia is among the most committed of all the countries willing to send soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2002, Estonia — a country with fewer than 1.5 million people — sent its first soldiers to stand alongside the United States in the war on al-Qaeda and the Taliban. In 2003, Estonia signed on as one of the original members of the so-called coalition of the willing to fight the war in Iraq. That may not sound newsworthy until you realize that this tiny country had no army until 1994 when Soviet <b>...</b>
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