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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThree more US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan last night
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/11/six-us-soldiers-killed-afghan<snip>
Six US soldiers were shot dead on Friday by Afghans, including police, in southern Helmand province a grim reminder of the growing threat foreign forces face not just from the Taliban but also from their supposed allies.
It was the bloodiest single day for foreign troops in the province since six British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in early March.
Three US Marine Corps special operations troops were shot dead in the early hours of Friday morning in Sangin district, a northern corner of the province that has seen heavy fighting. The killers were an Afghan police commander and some of his men, who had invited the US officers to join them for a meal and to discuss security, Afghan officials said.
Then in the evening, an Afghan man shot dead three other foreign soldiers who worked on a joint base with him, the Nato-led coalition said. It does not reveal nationalities of soldiers killed during operations, but Afghan officials said the men were from the US.
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Three more US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan last night (Original Post)
malaise
Aug 2012
OP
Are
We
Still
There?
Agony
(2,605 posts)2. Bring them home AND
give them all the help they need when they get here
. . .
Chuuku Davis
(565 posts)3. Get us OUT of there!
Now
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)4. Hearing The Doors in my head:
Make a grave for the unknown soldier
Nestled in your hollow shoulder
The unknown soldier
"The Unknown Soldier"
*************
RIP, troops, sacrificed upon the altar of imperial hubris to the God of Mammon.
malaise
(269,157 posts)6. It's sickening
Bring the troops home
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)5. More cannon fodder in a lost war fought for PR.
We lost. Get out. Get over it.