US marines 'die' in Afghan bomb

[cal04]

Three US marines have been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan's Kunar Province, the local governor has told the BBC.

Assadullah Wafa said the soldiers were killed by a remote-controlled bomb in Wattapoar district. One was injured. There is no US confirmation.

He blamed militants from the former Taleban regime for the attack. Two days ago, a Pakistani man accused of aiding al-Qaeda and the Taleban was arrested in the area.

The Kunar Province governor said that Haji Nadir was a "trusted al-Qaeda operative".
He told the BBC's Bilal Sarwary Mr Nadir was suspected of training fighters and making bombs for use in Afghanistan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4799202.stm

[Warren Stupidity]

1. When are we going to understand?

We are an occupying army. The people living under our occupation will continue to attack and kill us until we leave.

Where is the exit plan?

[saigon68]

37. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"No withdrawal", he screamed

[Demit]

2. How peculiar, that 'die' is in scare quotes. Are they 'dead' or not?

[MaineDem]

3. That was my first reaction too n/t

[cal04]

4. They have no confirmation of this from the US

just from the provincial governor
A spokesman for the U.S. military in the capital Kabul said he had no immediate information about the incident.

( hopefully it's not true)

[Benhurst]

5. Your thinking in outdated terms of the old Republic. In the new

BushAmerican theocracy, they are not dead, but in heaven with Jesus.

In BushAmerica, troops don't "die," they "pass over."

:sarcasm:

[rodeodance]

10. I have never seen scuh an odd way to put up a headline.

[wordpix2]

12. mine, too---never seen "die" in quotes unless it's an emergency services

exercise to prepare for real thing.
I wonder what's up with this headline.

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. See post #4

When something is unconfirmed, the BBC will use quotes to make it clear it's what one person says, not a known fact. The story now says killed, without the quotes.

[sofa king]

35. Like Schroedinger's Cat

With no confirmation, are the Marines both dead and alive at the same time? Unfortunately, no. They are certainly one or the other, and one is good only when compared to the other.

[leftchick]

6. Afghan Bombing Kills Four U.S. Troops

KABUL, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb exploded Sunday as a U.S. armored vehicle drove by in eastern Afghanistan, killing four American service members, the U.S. military said.

The armored vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive in the Pech Valley, Kunar province, where the Americans were patrolling to keep a road open to civilian and military traffic, the military said in a statement.

Earlier, Kunar Gov. Asadullah Wafa said a remote-controlled mine exploded, hitting a convoy of American troops on patrol in the Watapur area of the province, killing three and wounding one.

At least 220 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060312/ap_on_re_as/afghan_bombing

[rodeodance]

11. At least 220 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakist

....At least 220 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

[rodeodance]

14. k

[rodeodance]

15. kick for the troops

[rodeodance]

7. I few hours ago I heard it was Afgan troops. ummm

[rodeodance]

21. k

[soleft]

8. anybody remember the name of the base or town where Bush

landed a few weeks ago.

I have a friend over there and he's in the area where Bush landed.

[rodeodance]

9. Nominate please.

[sabra]

13. done.

[Benhurst]

17. Just made the 5th recommendation.

:hi:

[rodeodance]

19. thanks, we all to pause when this happens.

[Ice4Clark]

16. Afghan Bombing Kills Four U.S. Troops

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060312/ap_on_re_as/afghan_bombing

Sunday's bombing raised the death toll of U.S. military personnel in the region to 220 since a U.S.-led offensive toppled the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in late 2001.

[rodeodance]

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[rodeodance]

18. kick for the troops

[IndianaGreen]

22. MSNBC is reporting 4 dead, and BBC changed headline

New BBC headline:

US marines killed in Afghan bomb



MSNBC headline:

Four U.S. soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
Roadside bombing claims forces on patrol; deadliest such attack in a month

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11795075/

[acmavm]

23. Afghan Bombing Kills Four U.S. Troops

http://e.my.yahoo.com/config/my_init?.intl=us&.partner=my&.from=i

<snip>

KABUL, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. troops passing by in an armored vehicle in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the deadliest attack on coalition forces in a month.

-More-

What can anyone say anymore?

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. We can say

Check the LBN front page for dupes?

[benburch]

29. Yep! Already posted.

Good Catch.

[acmavm]

30. I did look and at the time I started posting I couldn't find it. The mods

can delete it if they want. But when I started to post it was only 14 minutes old.

Excuse me. I'm sure that this is the FIRST time this has ever happened here, isn't it?

[alcibiades_mystery]

31. Don't take it so personal now

It's only the fourth time this story's been posted here in the last six hours.

[lebkuchen]

25. General Pace says the war on terror is going just great.

Rummy concurs.

[liam_laddie]

36. In Memorium

This segment at the end of "This Week With George" lists military deaths during the week,
with rank, name, hometown...today six of the twelve were Sgt. rank or above. How long can
the troops sustain this loss of NCO's, much less each and every lost life? Jim Lehrer's PBS
daily news program does the same. Bush and all his gang are indeed criminals, deserving
of the harshest penalty imaginable. :grr:

[benburch]

26. May their god go with them.

When will this end?

[LynnTheDem]

27. Ah yes...The Forgotten War. All hell breaking loose going on Year 5.

Total FUBAR.

100% FUBAR.

Like everything bush has ever touched.

ANd as always with bush, everyone else pays his price.

[mvd]

28. The television media doesn't even tell us about deaths..

that much anymore. Really sad. It's when we become desensitized that the need for action is greatest. Our soldiers need to leave - including those in Afghanistan. IMO, our soldiers in Iraq will get caught in a civil war if they don't.

[acmavm]

32. What I see eventually happening (if we go on to attack Iran) is that all

of our poor men and women over there will be caught in this big squeeze because of a reaction of all the Middle Eastern countries. They gotta be sick and tired of us bombing who the hell ever we want to when we want to for whatever fake reason that we give.

[mvd]

33. I agree

It sends chills when I hear Cheney sabre-ratting - because he's like a ghoul with his sickle. Iran might be more of a threat than Iraq, but we're not well prepared anyway after the huge mistake of going into Iraq. Right now, I see no imminent attack coming from Iran.