US troops killed in Afghan shootout

[Bosonic]

Source: Aljazeera

Six American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan after an Afghan army officer opened fire near the airport in the capital, Kabul, sources tell Al Jazeera.

The Afghan defence ministry said violence broke out between an Afghan airforce pilot and US troops following an argument on Wednesday inside a facility used by the Afghan Air Force.

General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, a ministry spokesman, said the gunman was killed in the shooting.


Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/04/20114278952150642.html

[mallard]

1. Re: withdrawl is on the table ...

How does this play against the idea that our troops shouldn't be there anymore and are vaguely welcome at best?

[leftynyc]

2. Awful

May they rest in peace.

[gimama]

3. bring 'em all HOME, now

& care for them when they return :(

[Historic NY]

4. Its time to go the experiment isn't working....

nothing we do, no matter how much we spend, will ever win the hearts & minds of Afghans...period.

[barbtries]

5. ...

:cry:

no more WAR!

[western mass]

6. more pointless deaths in Obama's War

[bemildred]

7. Death toll of NATO casualties at shootout in Kabul airport rises to 9

KABUL, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Death toll of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) at shootout in Kabul airport on Wednesday reached nine, a statement of the military alliance released here said.

"Eight International Security Assistance Force service members and one ISAF civilian died following a shooting incident here today," the statement confirmed.

However, it did not identify the nationalities of the victims, saying it is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities.

In the previous statement the alliance put the number of casualties suffered at the incident which happened at Afghan Air Corps at 11:00 a.m. local time just six soldiers.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-04/27/c_13848966.htm