Suspected Rogue Afghan Soldier Kills 2 NATO Soldiers
Source: Reuters
Suspected rogue Afghan soldier kills 2 NATO soldiers
KABUL | Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:41am EDT
(Reuters) - A gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform killed two NATO troops in southern Afghanistan on Monday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said, in what appeared to be the latest attack by rogue Afghan security forces on Western troops.
The attacker was shot dead by NATO force soldiers, the force said in a statement. It did not identify the two NATO soldiers or give their nationality.
The incident took place in Lashkar Gah in the southern Helmand province, an Afghan security source said.
So-called insider attacks have mounted in recent months as tension between Afghanistan and its foreign backers rises over a series of incidents including the burning of Korans at a NATO base and the killing of 17 villagers in southern Kandahar for which a U.S. soldier has been charged.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/26/us-afghanistan-attack-idUSBRE82P09520120326
xchrom
(108,903 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Accused of killing two of the occupying imperial troops, and you're dead. Interesting system we call "justice," no?
Over the weekend, I saw a couple of interviews with SSgt. Bales' attorney, who brought up one or two salient defense points, and I see this morning that his wife doesn't think he was involved at all. There will be a real concerted effort over the next several weeks to "understand" SSgt. Bales, and to get at the reasons and the circumstances. The unnamed corpse in Lashkar Gah will never receive such media treatment. He will pass into history as the "rogue Afghan soldier."
Any idea who these persons might be?
Mohamed Dawood son of Abdullah
Khudaydad son of Mohamed Juma
Nazar Mohamed
Payendo
Robeena
Shatarina daughter of Sultan Mohamed
Zahra daughter of Abdul Hamid
Nazia daughter of Dost Mohamed
Masooma daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Farida daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Palwasha daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Nabia daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Esmatullah daughter of Mohamed Wazir
Faizullah son of Mohamed Wazir
Essa Mohamed son of Mohamed Hussain
Akhtar Mohamed son of Murrad Ali
Haji Mohamed Naim son of Haji Sakhawat
Mohamed Sediq son of Mohamed Naim
Parween
Rafiullah
Zardana
Zulheja
mactime
(202 posts)be paying $50k to the families of these soldiers?
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)They are corrupt, did not invade our or the Brits' country, and it's our money anyway (multi-billions).
oberliner
(58,724 posts)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Afghan security forces shot and killed three international troops Monday, one of them an American, in two attacks. They were the latest in a rising number of attacks in which Afghan forces have turned their weapons on their foreign partners.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g60230ON79PMKyaN4XeWHhJCRl-Q?docId=93964d8e9ba344a1bac08c3ea30dbcf6
Up to 3 now.