Afghan 'allies' kill 3 more soldiers from U.S.-led coalition

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/03/26/143160/afghan-allies-kill-3-more-soldiers.html


Afghan 'allies' kill 3 more soldiers from U.S.-led coalition
Jon Stephenson | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Monday, March 26, 2012

KABUL, Afghanistan — Three soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan — two of them British and the nationality of the third unknown — were killed Monday, apparently by members of the Afghan security forces in two separate incidents, the latest in a series of "green on blue" shootings.

The two British soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan soldier at a coalition base in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province in Afghanistan's south. The third soldier was killed in eastern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force, the U.S.-led coalition's formal name, said in a statement.

Details of the incident in Helmand were sketchy, but a spokesman for Helmand's governor told McClatchy the attack happened at a gate to the headquarters of the coalition's provincial reconstruction team in Lashkar Gah as Afghan army vehicles were waiting to enter.

"The shooter had come to the base with other (Afghan) soldiers," spokesman Daud Ahmadi said. "He entered through the gate used by local workers at the base and then opened fire."



unhappycamper comment: One thousand twelve hundred eighty eight American service members have been died in Afghanistan since 2009.

Time to get out?

[xchrom]

1. why do i think they're trying to tell us something...and what could it possibly be? nt

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. My friend is really pissed. His son in law and daughter are both..

in the Marines are are stationed in Afghanistan. His take on SSGT. Bale is that he ought to be turned over to the Afghans and let him hang. He has put them all at risk. I was shocked when he said it because it was the last thing I thought I would hear but he now has skin in the game.
I was telling him that every documentary that I have seen about Afghanistan, and I have seen just about every one, the conclusion you come away with is that they do not want us there. It didn't matter if the film depicted Americans, Danish, Brits, or even an old one about the Russians. It was all the same.

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

3. Yes, it is well past time for us to leave.

The Afghans don't want us there. 69% of Americans don't want us there. Only the MIC wants us there now.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

4. It's my fear this is going to escalate on both sides by the time

the election rolls around and will be a possible cause for Obama losing regardless
how much better the economy gets. WE need to get out NOW before this powder
keg erupts.

[Solly Mack]

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