Tragedy.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Uhm

Peter van Uhm (Nijmegen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijmegen), 15 July 1955) is the current commander-in-chief (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-chief) of the military of the Netherlands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_the_Netherlands)[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Uhm#cite_note-0). He succeeded Dick Berlijn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berlijn) on April 17 2008. Educated at the Koninklijke Militaire Academie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijke_Militaire_Academie), van Uhm is praised for his fair and effective style of management[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Uhm#cite_note-1).
Van Uhm's son, lieutenant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant) Dennis van Uhm (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dennis_van_Uhm&action=edit&redlink=1), was killed in a roadside bombing in Uruzgan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruzgan), the southern province of Afghanistan just one day after his father's assignment[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Uhm#cite_note-2).

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RIP. :nope:

I wonder if he was deliberately targeted b/c of his father. Shortly after the war started the Taliban tried to assassinate a high-ranking US commander with a strike on his helicopter. They may be vicious but they're not stupid...