Wouldn't you?
That's why they aren't protesting; they headed straight for the gun.
"Afghan militants kill 4 US troops; NATO concedes civilians died in earlier airstrike" by Kay Johnson and Douglas Birch, Associated Press | September 9, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - Four US troops died yesterday in a militant attack in eastern Afghanistan....
Captain Elizabeth Mathias, a US military spokeswoman, said four American troops were killed in “a complex attack’’ Kunar Province but did not give details. McClatchy Co. newspapers reported four US Marines died in an ambush by insurgents.
Ever notice that KICKING DOWN the doors of a HOSPITAL, say, isn't an ambush?
Seven Afghan troops and an interpreter also were killed in the attack and hours-long battle that followed. The fighting took place after US and Afghan forces were asked to a meeting with local elders near the village of Gangigal, six miles from the Pakistani border....
The attack in Kunduz has reopened the debate over how international forces conduct operations.
And HOW ODD that THIS WAS CUT while I am LOOKING AT IT in my PRINTED PAPER:
Taliban militants have used reports of civilian casualties to rally support among villagers....
Sort of how the U.S. has used 9/11, huh?
Also yesterday, a car bomber attacked an international convoy near the entrance to the military airport in Kabul. The chief of Kabul’s criminal investigation department, Abdul Ghafar Sayadzada, said three Afghan civilians were killed and six wounded....
That's where the Globe website cut it.
I'll add this:
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, the third major attack by insurgents in the capital in four weeks.
They just not have room for that or figure you internalized it already, readers?
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