US mercenaries ambushed again in Afghan south, 23 dead

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/September/international_September1205.xml§ion=international

KABUL - At least 23 people were killed when Taliban insurgents ambushed a U.S. security firm convoy in southwestern Afghanistan on Friday, provincial officials said, the second attack on the firm in as many days.

Farah provincial police chief Khalilullah Rahmani said 15 of the dead were Taliban militants killed in the fighting that broke out following the ambush.

Rahmani said U.S. Protection and Investigations, a firm involved in escorting supplies for coalition forces, also suffered casualties but he had no details.

"The Taliban militants attacked the convoy with heavy machineguns; four vehicles were set on fire," said a provincial official who asked not to be named.

He said four Afghan guards and four civilians had been killed in the ambush that took place when the convoy was passing through Bakwa district in Farah province.

[Chimichurri]

1. Wow. This is the first I've heard of this today. That mercenary name

is quite disturbing.

[EFerrari]

2. I hope it was quick.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Good riddance.

If only the rest of the private fascist armies could go along with them.

[sarcasmo]

4. 23 dead Blackwater hired guns, no mainstream media news?

Kick and Nom

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. The less mercs in the world, the better off we are...

[cliffordu]

6. That's exactly right. They should ALL be sent to hell or prison.

[Adsos Letter]

7. It reads like...4 Afghan civilians, 4 Afghan guards...and 15 Taliban...

4+4+15= 23...

I don't think any Blackwater people were killed...