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"2 more US troops killed in deadliest month of Afghan war; In July, death toll for foreign forces reached at least 71" by Paul Tait, Reuters | August 1, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - Two US troops were killed as the deadliest month for foreign forces of the Afghanistan war drew to a close, the military said yesterday, with commanders vowing to continue the fight despite the toll.
Yeah, and to HELL with what YOU THINK, American people!
The deaths in southern Afghanistan brought to 41 the number of US troops killed in July, by far the heaviest monthly toll in the eight-year war. The worst previous month for US forces was September 2008, when 26 were killed. The latest deaths occurred in a firefight with insurgents in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the US military said. At least 71 foreign troops have been killed in July.
Britain has suffered its worst battlefield casualties since the 1980s Falklands War, with 22 service members killed in the month, taking its total losses in Afghanistan to 191, 12 more than were killed in the Iraq war. Casualties spiked after thousands of US and British troops this month launched major operations in southern Helmand Province, a Taliban stronghold and the center of Afghanistan’s opium production.
Then why has the "coverage" been so shitty, Globe?
“We understood the return of security to these areas would not be achieved without sacrifice,’’ US Rear Admiral Greg Smith, chief spokesman for US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said. “For some that has come at a high price.’’
The Helmand operations are the first under President Obama’s new regional strategy to defeat the Taliban and their Islamist militant allies and stabilize Afghanistan. They are occurring before crucial presidential elections on Aug. 20. Violence has escalated across Afghanistan since the operations were launched.
Perfectly predictable.
There has also been a spate of election-related attacks. No candidates have been hurt.
Hmmm.
Yesterday, a convoy carrying ballot papers was attacked by Taliban fighters in west Afghanistan, said Ruhol Amin, governor of Farah Province. Four Afghan soldiers were killed in the attack.
Now why would they do that, liars?
Please see Taliban Want to Talk
Can't believe a dang word!
The Helmand operations are the first phase of a new “clear, hold, and build’’ strategy introduced after criticism that previous strategies lacked cohesion and direction. Overstretched NATO forces had previously been unable to hold ground they won....
The Soviets had hundreds of thousands of troops and it still wasn't enough.
The extra troops.... will be followed by a “civilian surge’’ of several hundred to assist in rebuilding institutions shattered by decades of war....
As we shatter the place with war. Pfft!
Civilian deaths have outraged many Afghans.... A UN report released in Geneva yesterday found that 1,013 civilians had been killed between January and June, up from 818 in the same period last year, as the battlefield increasingly moved into residential areas.
The deaths were largely caused by air strikes, car bombs, and suicide attacks, with the Taliban blamed for 59 percent of the fatalities, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said. “All parties involved in this conflict should take all measures to protect civilians and to ensure the independent investigation of all civilian casualties, as well as justice and remedies for the victims,’’ said Navi Pillay, UN high commissioner for human rights.
Six civilians were killed or wounded by a roadside bomb in Jawzjan Province on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said.--more--"
Globe sticks with the politics:
"Karzai election workers’ convoy ambushed" by Hamid Shalizi, Reuters | August 2, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - A convoy of campaign workers for President Hamid Karzai was ambushed five times yesterday, officials said, as Taliban insurgents step up efforts to disrupt the presidential election.
Why would they do that when they registered voters and are encouraging them to vote?
The US military also said three American service members were killed in the south, while a French soldier died and two were wounded in fighting in Kapisa Province in the east, French officials said. The Taliban last week vowed to disrupt the Aug. 20 presidential election and called on Afghans to boycott it.
Dying over lies. It hurts.
Violence had already reached its highest level since the Taliban were toppled in 2001 and then escalated after the launch of military offensives in southern Helmand Province. Civilians and security forces have been killed at record rates in recent weeks, with attacks by insurgents now also focusing on election candidates and officials....
Little information was available about the latest three US military casualties other than they were killed when their patrol was hit by two roadside bombs. A total of 41 US service members were killed in Afghanistan in July, well above the previous monthly high of 26 in September 2008. Britain has also suffered its worst battlefield losses in almost a generation, with 22 killed in July.
Well, they don't want to listen to their people, so FUCK 'EM!
I care MORE ABOUT the VICTIMNS of this MASS-MURDERING SLAUGHTER than I do the INTRUMENTS of OPPRESSION at this point!
Thanks, s***-shoveling war paper!
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Just wondering why my bitburg local outdid the big-city war daily, but....
"1 French, 3 American troops killed in Afghanistan" by FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press | August 1, 2009
KABUL -- Three U.S. troops were killed Saturday when roadside bombs ripped through their patrol in southern Afghanistan, while a French soldier died in a gunbattle north of the capital, officials said....
The military said the slain corporal was part of a 230-strong joint Afghan and French force that came under attack from the Taliban in a valley north of Kabul early Saturday. It did not say how many insurgents launched the attack, but said it led to a clash that lasted more than one hour and two French soldiers were wounded. There were no reports of Taliban casualties....
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"3 US soldiers killed in Afghan ambush" by ASSOCIATED PRESS | August 3, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - Three American soldiers died in an ambush in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, raising NATO’s two-day August death toll to nine and continuing the bloodiest period of the eight-year war for United States and allied troops.
The UN’s representative in Afghanistan, meanwhile, called for peace talks with the Taliban’s top leadership, saying deals with local militant commanders as proposed by Britain’s foreign secretary would not be enough to end the violence.
I am ALWAYS FOR PEACE TALKS instead of WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kai Eide’s call is another indication that parts of the international community favor reaching out to the top echelons of the radical Islamist movement in their attempts to bring peace, as the conflict widens and Western public opinion wavers in the face of rising death tolls.
Then there BETTER NOT BE any FALSE FLAG ATTACKS, USrael!!
CUI BONO CHECKMATE, s***ters!!!!!!! WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!
Militants in eastern Afghanistan killed the three US soldiers with gunfire after attacking their convoy with a roadside bomb, the US military said....
A record 62,000 US troops are now in Afghanistan, more than double the number a year ago. President Obama has increased the US focus on Afghanistan as the Pentagon begins pulling troops out of Iraq. Other NATO countries have about 39,000 troops in Afghanistan.
“We have a lot more troops in the country. We have a lot more operations ongoing, and it increases our contact with the enemy. And that, unfortunately, results in an increase in casualties,’’ said Lieutenant Commander Christine Sidenstricker, a US military spokeswoman.
Sidenstricker said she could release no more details about yesterday’s attack.--more--"
No end in sight, either:
"Defense chiefs confer on Afghan war" by Associated Press | August 4, 2009
WASHINGTON - President Obama’s top defense advisers huddled in Europe over the weekend to discuss the Afghanistan war, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, got an interim report on security in Afghanistan from the top American commander there.
General Stanley McChrystal is putting together an assessment of the war that could include a request for additional US forces and resources. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Gates wanted a meeting to get a sense of that forthcoming report....
Where can I place my bet? Here that bugle, kid?
He would not detail the discussion, including whether McChrystal is contemplating a politically troublesome request to expand the number of American soldiers....
Like they EVER CARED BEFORE!
Gates and Mullen flew Saturday to an US air base in Chievres, Belgium, and met Sunday with several advisers including General David Petraeus, who has overall responsibility for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Meanwhile, on the BATTLEFIELD these WAR PIGS manage:
"Roadside bomb aimed at Afghan police kills 10; Taliban claim responsibility" by New York Times | August 4, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - A bomb exploded near a police convoy yesterday morning in Herat, the main city in western Afghanistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding 29 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying that a local police chief had been the target.
The bomb, hidden in a trash bin, was detonated remotely as two police vehicles drove past, engulfing them in flames. Children were on their way to school at the time, and at least one child was killed, police said....
Absolutely REEKS of a FALSE FLAG! I simply no longer believe my lying, Muslim-hating, war-promoting, enemy-creating, agenda-pushing Zionist War Daily when it comes to Muslims. They love their children (more than us Zionist shit-suckers who send ours off to war for a racist apartheid state that controls our money supply).
Herat, near the Iranian border, is considered relatively peaceful, but has been struck by sporadic bombings and suicide attacks.
That does it!
CUI BONO?
At least five rockets slammed into Kabul at daybreak today, one of them falling near the US Embassy in a rare attack on the Afghan capital, police and residents told the Associated Press.
WOAH!!!!!
Another rocket hit the house of a senior Interior Ministry official but caused no casualties, security officers told AP. In northern Afghanistan, Taliban militants ambushed a car used by a South Korean road construction company late Sunday, said the provincial police chief, General Mohammad Khalil Andaraby. The ambush on the road to Maimana, the provincial capital of Faryab, killed the car’s Afghan driver, but the passenger, a Korean engineer, escaped unharmed.
How does he escape unharmed there? The Korean knows the terrain?
Something stinks, readers!!!!!
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