Afghan attacks kill 4 US troops, British soldier

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Source: AP


Afghan attacks kill 4 US troops, British soldier
AP

By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer Jim Heintz, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 56 mins ago


KABUL – A roadside bombing killed four U.S. service members, the first American combat deaths of the year in Afghanistan, while a British soldier died during a foot patrol elsewhere in the volatile south of the country, officials said Monday.

A statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force said the explosion that killed the U.S. service members took place Sunday in the south, but did not give further details on the location or the victims' branch of service.

The deaths are the first U.S. fatalities from hostile action in Afghanistan this year. One U.S. service member has died of noncombat causes so far in 2010.

The British soldier died while on foot patrol Sunday in Helmand province, the British Ministry of Defense said.


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[saigon68]

1. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

A "Blast from the Past"

[G Gordon Libby]

9. If any damning phrase or saying in the English language

screams for a French translation, it's that one. Plus pretty much anything else about Vietnam. Bless ya for posting it.

[saigon68]

25. Merci

[SunriseStorm]

2. Avatar (The Movie) Tells Us That

Our troops are the Corporate soldiers and the Afghans are the blue people.

Unobtainium is Oil.

[WriteDown]

16. No...

The Blue People are the Native Americans and that war is over.

[SunriseStorm]

18. Many Plausible Interpretations - We Invaded Both Iraq And Afghanistan

Seems the movie theme holds true.

Art imitates life as is said so often.

[WriteDown]

19. Yes, but the only people living like stoneage people in modern

history were the Native Americans.

[SunriseStorm]

20. Please Read The Post - For Us, Unobtanium Is Clearly Oil And Also Natural Gas

No similar parallel to the North American Indians other than raw land.

[WriteDown]

21. I was talking about the Blue People....

Resources are resources to me. But its a lot different with people who are fighting with stone spears and arrows rather than AK's and RPG's.

[SunriseStorm]

22. And The Blue People Live On Pandora Which Is The Source Of Unobtanium

My Post was an analogy not a literal comparison.

[ronnie624]

23. I can see a similar disparity

in using AK's and RPG's against the most technologically advanced weapons systems on earth, backed by a virtually unlimited budget. I suppose there is really no way to quantify such a comparison, but the other poster's point seems valid to me.

As Einstein said, all is relative.

[zeemike]

3. Ho hum

No big deal...we have lots of young men out of work, we can spare a few for the sale of the profits of the military industrial complex.
Better use the smiley or some one may think I mean it.
:sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

[shopgreen]

4. RIP and best to the family and friends.

[Soylent Brice]

5. K&R

[Mari333]

6. knr LIVES RUINED FOR NOTHING

[G Gordon Libby]

7. I can dig where you're coming from,

but you've gotta have a John McEnroe-sized ego to decide that for people. "For nothing"?

[Mari333]

8. NOTHING.

the only people who benefit from these occupations are multinational corporations.

ASK A SOLDIER..this one tells the truth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8v1hI1v-sY

[G Gordon Libby]

10. Let's make that

a Charles DeGaulle-sized ego.

[Mari333]

11. lets make that someone who has seen one son in Iraq

and seen one son die.
and lets make that someone who doesnt buy into the propoganda of PNAC or the war machine.

[pjt7]

12. I'm w/ you Mari333

eom.

[WriteDown]

17. Its a war of necessity...

Or at least that's what we've been told.

[ronnie624]

24. It's 'necessary' for those who have something to gain through it.

Presumably, the "war on terror" is for the 'security' of our country, but the return WE gain from deploying military forces halfway around the world, supported by trillions of dollars, is minuscule if it even exists. Studies show that terrorist attacks have increased dramatically since the declaration of the so called "war on terror". The 'terrorists' in Afghanistan are, by no stretch of the imagination, a threat to the ruling order of Western powers. Individually, we are FAR more likely to die of any number of accidents or illnesses, even if we are frequent fliers, than by a terrorist attack. I personally suspect that the policies that result in "wars on terror" are largely responsible for global terrorism to begin with. The CIA thinks so as well.

The "war on terror" is really about the corporate and political elites in the West, securing geo strategic advantage in Central Asia, by controlling the production and marketing of hydrocarbon reserves in the Caspian region. It's all part of The Great Game.

[LibDemAlways]

13. Horrific....but, this is the USA. We send young men and women

overseas to kill or be killed, and we can expect no different result. These are only the 1st deaths of the year. There will be many more.

[Mari333]

14. And it doesnt have to be this way.

[LibDemAlways]

15. Agreed. However, the war machine has an insatiable appetite, and

Obama, like his predecessor, is determined to feed it. :cry: