Enough: 7 American Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Today

[Stuart G]

Source: Huffington Post

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Seven U.S. service members were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks against foreign troops as part of their spring offensive.

The renewed violence came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged at a news conference that regular payments his government has received from the CIA for more than a decade would continue. Karzai also said that talks on a U.S.-Afghan bilateral security agreement to govern future American military presence in the country had been delayed because of conditions the Afghans were placing on the deal.

The U.S.-led coalition reported that five international troops were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, and coalition spokesman Capt. Luca Carniel confirmed that all five were American.

The coalition did not disclose the location of the roadside bombing. However, Javeed Faisal, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, said the coalition patrol hit the bomb in the Maiwand district of the province, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/04/nato-7-american-troops-killed-in-afghanistan_n_3214076.html

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It is on the front page for a while...what else is there to say?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

[mtasselin]

1. OUT

The time is long overdue to get the hell out of that country, not tomorrow today. The military industrial complex can no longer dictate the American policy.

[olddad56]

2. How many innocent Afghani civilians were killed indiscriminately today by unmanned drones?

those are people also. Why don't they report on those deaths.

My heart goes out to the families of anyone who was killed today in that senseless illegal invasion.

[NoMoreWarNow]

6. too many have died, needlessly

it's hard to understand why

[NoMoreWarNow]

3. get the fuck out of afghanistan now

[olddad56]

4. if not sooner

[Beacool]

5. It's never ending.

May they rest in peace.

[Marrah_G]

7. We need to get our troops out of there

Nothing we do there is going to make anything better, only worse.

[Occulus]

14. But I thought the Cult Of Personality told us, emphatically,

that Obama ended the war in Afghanistan.

If the war is over, why are our soldiers still there, and why are they still dying?

The COPpers (I will be calling them such henceforth) couldn't POSSIBLY be outright lying.. could they?

Or do they draw a distinction between over and "over"? I'm so confused!

[Comrade Grumpy]

8. Get used to it. This is just the beginning of the spring offensive.

The Taliban promised more insider attacks too, and delivered quickly.

[Strelnikov_]

9. This

[msongs]

10. I'd like to ask Barack Obama why he is paying bribes to this guy nt

[bemildred]

11. 8 Soldiers Die in Attacks in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight soldiers with the American-led military coalition were killed Saturday, making it the bloodiest day this year for Western troops fighting here.

Two were shot in an insider attack, one died in a small-arms attack and five Americans were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb, according to statements from the International Security Assistance Force and Afghan officials.

The explosion that killed the five American soldiers took place in the Maiwand district in western Kandahar Province, said Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar. The soldiers were driving toward villages from central Maiwand when they were attacked, he said. Capt. Dan Einert, a spokesman for the international coalition here, confirmed that the five soldiers were Americans.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the insider attack in Farah Province in western Afghanistan, where an Afghan National Army soldier turned his weapon on his trainers after an argument, said Lt. Col. Hajji Dil Jan, the deputy police chief of Farah Province.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/world/asia/blast-kills-7-soldiers-in-afghanistan.html

[Historic NY]

12. How many more Mr. President lets go NOW....

they don't want us.

[democrank]

13. Get the hell out.

Now!