Six NATO Troops Killed in Southern Afghanistan

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Six NATO Troops Killed in Southern Afghanistan

Source: Washington Post

KABUL -- Six NATO troops were killed Sunday in an attack in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a string of incidents that have made the onset of winter here unusually deadly.

Military officials did not provide details of the attack and they did not immediately disclose the nationalities of the slain service members.

The vast majority of troops deployed in Taliban strongholds in the volatile southern area that includes Helmand and Kandahar Provinces are American.

The attack comes two weeks after an Afghan border guard turned his weapon on U.S. trainers in the east, killing six troops.

So far this year, at least 670 NATO troops have been killed in Afghanistan, far more than the 502 killed last year, which had been the deadliest in the nine year war, according to a count by the Associated Press.

more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/12/AR2010121200857.html

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Sun Dec-12-10 10:22 AM
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1. k&r

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Sun Dec-12-10 10:24 AM
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2. And what purpose was served by these deaths?

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Sun Dec-12-10 10:32 AM
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3. died to protect corporate profits. the US military is not fighting for our freedoms there nt

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