That would be the best thing we could give Afghans, 'murkn.
"Growing Afghan anger at what they see as an unwelcome occupation by the United States and its allies"
Then we have truly lost.
"Afghan police sergeant kills US civilian adviser in Kabul" by Rod Nordland |
New York Times, December 25, 2012
KABUL — A female police sergeant shot and killed a US civilian
adviser at police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, Afghan police
officials said, breaking a relative lull in the so-called insider
killings that have strained the relationship between Americans and
Afghans here.
The American victim was identified as Joseph Griffin, 49, of
Mansfield, Ga., who had worked for DynCorp International as a police
trainer since July 2011, according to a DynCorp spokeswoman, Ashley
Burke.
Afghan officials identified the shooting suspect as a woman named
Nargis, a 33-year-old sergeant in the national police force who worked
in the Interior Ministry’s legal and gender equality department, and
whose husband is also a member of the police force.
A person at Kabul police headquarters, speaking on condition of
anonymity because he was not authorized to release information, said that both US and Afghan officials were questioning
her, and he described her condition as being distraught. Police said
they did not believe the attack was related to terrorism and that the
suspect had no known connections with insurgents....
Although insurgent contact has been clear in some cases, many of the
attacks have seemed to come out of personal animosity or outrage,
attributed to culture clash or growing Afghan anger at what they see as
an unwelcome occupation by the United States and its allies.
“The loss of any team member is tragic, but to have this happen over
the holidays makes it seem all the more unfair,’’ Steven F. Gaffney, the
chairman of DynCorp, said in a statement....
And all the Afghans lost over the holidays?
In other violence Monday, an Afghan Local Police commander killed
five fellow officers at a checkpoint in Jowzjan Province in the north.
Yeah, they get a sentence if they are lucky.
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Oh, there are two gifts for you. I didn't see this one behind the tree:
"Shooter of US adviser seemed ‘unstable,’ Afghan aide says; 1st insider attack linked to woman" by Rahim Faiez |
Associated Press, December 26, 2012
KABUL — The policewoman who killed an American contractor in Kabul is
a native Iranian who came to Afghanistan and displayed ‘‘unstable
behavior’’ but no known links to militants, an Interior Ministry
spokesman said Tuesday....
Iran is next on the target list so they must be responsible for it.
I do hope you, dear reader, can see why I'm simply sick and tired of reading this stuff.
The US-based security firm DynCorp International said on its website
that 49-year-old Joseph Griffin, of Mansfield, Ga., was a US military veteran who earlier worked with law
enforcement agencies in the United States. In Kabul, he was under
contract to the NATO military command to advise the Afghan police force.
Insider killings have eroded the trust between the foreign contingent
and the Afghan government, just a year before most NATO troops are set
to withdraw and turn security responsibility over to local forces.
Reminds one of Vietnam, Iraq, and countless other the U.S. has done this in over the decades.
The ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqi, told a news conference that after the policewoman, identified as Sergeant Nargas, attended a recent
training course in Egypt, a ‘‘foreign government’’ — a clear reference
to Egypt — informed Afghan authorities that she did not appear to be
‘‘normal.’’
You know, the propaganda is really amazing. Morsi of Egypt was fine as long as he was calling out Iran and Syria. He stands up for the people of Gaza and is then hit by protests and now this cover story implication.
I guess if you read enough of this stuff over the years and understand what the intelligence operation we call a newspaper is about it becomes somewhat comical.
Senior Afghan officials said Monday that the policewoman was licensed
to carry the weapon into the compound and was well known there.
On Tuesday, however, the chief investigator, General Mohammad Zahir,
told reporters that she was not authorized to carry weapons into the
compound but managed to pass through security checks with a hidden
pistol.
Zahir said the lapse of security was also being investigated, as well
as whether she had connections with foreign or local militant groups.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing.
Zahir said that during interrogation, the policewoman said she had
plans to kill either the Kabul governor, city police chief, or Zahir
himself, but when she realized that penetrating the last security
cordons to reach them would be too difficult, she saw ‘‘a foreigner’’
and turned her weapon on him.
On Monday, NATO said that ‘‘some temporary, prudent measures’’ might
be put into place to lessen exposure of NATO personnel to insider
attacks, but the training of Afghan police would not be stopped. The
NATO command had no additional comment on the case Tuesday.
See: Investigating the Afghan Army
That's prudent? How about this? Let's just leave instead. No need to worry about "insider" attacks then.
There have been 60 insider attacks this year against foreign military
and civilian personnel, compared to 21 in 2011. This surge presents
another looming security issue as NATO prepares to pull out almost all
of its forces by 2014, putting the war against the Taliban and other
militant groups largely in the hands of the Afghans.
More than 50 Afghan members of the government’s security forces also
have died this year in attacks by their own colleagues.
Related: Afghan Army Casualties on the Upswing
The Taliban
claims such incidents reflect a growing popular opposition to the
foreign military presence and the Kabul government.
It's happened throughout history.
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