Father, be with the families as You carry these Heroes to Heaven.
Posted on 08/31/2010 8:53:33 AM PDT by tcrlaf
A series of bomb attacks have badly hit US troops in eastern and southern Afghanistan in the past 48 hours.
The death toll among in the Nato-led coalition has reached 484 this year and is predicted to far surpass 2009’s total of 521.
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n two of the most deadly recent incidents, three Americans died in eastern Afghanistan on one bomb attack on Tuesday. Five died in a single bomb attack in the south on Monday.
Military spokesmen would not say if the bombs hit vehicles or foot patrols.
Homemade bombs using old shells or homemade explosives and hidden in roads, tracks, walls, streams and buildings have become the Taliban’s favoured weapon.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Sadly, I had to go to a UK newspaper to find this as Breaking News.
You have to keep in mind that neither the UK nor US papers ever report how many Taliban were killed recently. Or rarely.
Prayers for the families.
EVERY night on the news there was a death tally. Where is it now?
BO would tell you that that kind of *news* would only serve to provoke them further.
“neither the UK nor US papers ever report how many Taliban were killed recently. Or rarely.”
Frankly it does not matter, they are tens of millions of them ready to join the Talibs. Even if we kill 1000 a day, it will not make a dent.
It’s no longer the cool thing to pretend like they care.
Before 2008 there would be a couple of dozen anti-war protesters at the intersection of my town’s main streets almost 3 times a week. Most of them college losers.
Now it’s an occasional 2 or 3 60s hippies whom actually believed in what they espoused.
The kids have moved on to new toys.
Yeah....and how many churches would ring their bells for each soldier killed.....I don't hear any bells around my location now.
The local newspaper doesn’t even report military deaths in the main section of the paper. Not even when a local soldier is wounded or killed.
It appears that the professional LSM only live to serve Obama and al Qaeda.
IEDs and other explosives along roads and trails used by our troops are taking too many lives. I know our military is taking measures to counter this, but it’s hard to learn of losses among our brave, young troops.
I wonder if more overhead drones and armed drones scanning the routes could be used to spot bad guys planting the devices and killing them in the act? I know our counter measures shouldn’t be printed in the NY Times so I guess we won’t know what’s being used to lessen losses.
Prayers to the families of our brave soldiers.
THE PLACE SHOULD BE ANNIHILATED ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!!!!!
8-31-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-31-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Eastern Afghanistan Eastern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-31-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Eastern Afghanistan Eastern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-31-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Eastern Afghanistan Eastern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-31-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Eastern Afghanistan Eastern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-30-2010 Canada Pinksen, Brian Corporal 21 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Kandahar Landstuhl Military Hospital in Germany Panjwa’i District Canadian Army Newfoundland Corner Brook 2nd Battalion, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment Corner Brook, Newfoundland
8-30-2010 France Herve, Enaux Sergeant 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Kabul Uzbeen valley French Army Not yet reported Not yet reported 35th Infantry Regiment Not yet reported
8-30-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-30-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-30-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-30-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-30-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-30-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-30-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-29-2010 US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not yet reported 0 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-29-2010 US Holley, Floyd E. C. Gunnery Sergeant 36 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Florida Casselberry 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton, CA
8-29-2010 US Wallace, Ellery R. Captain 33 Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack Nangahar Nangahar U.S. Army Utah Not yet reported 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, KY
8-29-2010 US Raver, Bryn T. Private 1st Class 20 Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack Nangahar Nangahar U.S. Army Arkansas Harrison 1st Brigade Special Troop Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, KY
8-29-2010 US Ide, James R. Staff Sergeant 32 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Helmand Hyderabad (Grishk district) U.S. Army Missouri Festus 230th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command Sembach, Germany
8-28-2010 US Robinson, James C. Specialist 27 Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire Paktika Paktika U.S. Army Ohio Lebanon 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, KY
8-27-2010 US Fedder, Daniel L. Master Sergeant 34 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Minnesota Pine City 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton, CA
8-27-2010 US Coleman, Chad D. Private 1st Class 20 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Paktika Dzardan district U.S. Army Georgia Moreland 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, KY
8-27-2010 US Novak, Adam J. Private 20 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Paktika Dzardan district U.S. Army Wisconsin Prairie du Sac 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, KY
8-27-2010 US Swink, James M. Petty Officer 3rd Class 20 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Helmand Helmand U.S. Navy California Yucca Valley 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Forces Not yet reported
8-25-2010 Spain Galera Córdoba, José María Capitán 33 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Badghis Qalay-I-Naw district Spainish Guardia Civil Castilla-La Mancha Albacete Centro Especial de la Unidad de Acción Rural (UAR) Logroño
8-25-2010 Spain Bravo Picallo,Abraham Leoncio Alférez (Second Lieutenant) 34 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Badghis Qalay-I-Naw district Spainish Guardia Civil Galicia Vimianzo Centro de Adiestramientos Especiales de la Unidad de Acción Rural (UAR) Logroño
8-24-2010 Australia MacKinney, Jared Lance Corporal 28 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Uruzgan Deh Rawud region Tarin Kowt Australian Army New South Wales Not yet reported 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Brisbane
8-24-2010 US Shoecraft, Justin B. Private 1st Class 28 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Oruzgan Tarin Kowt U.S. Army Indiana Elkhart 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Vilseck, Germany
8-23-2010 France Panezyck, Jean-Nicolas Caporal 25 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Kapisa Tagab French Army Not yet reported Not yet reported 21st Regiment of the Marine Infantry Fréjus
8-23-2010 France Mezzasalma, Lorenzo Lieutenant 43 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Kapisa Tagab French Army Not yet reported Paris 21e Régiment d’Infanterie de Marine (RIMa) Fréjus
8-23-2010 Hungary Pappné Ábrahám ,Judit Törzsormester(warrant Officer) 32 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Baghlan Baghlan Hungarian Army Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Sajószentpéter Not yet reported Not yet reported
8-23-2010 US Newton, Robert J. Lance Corporal 21 Hostile - hostile fire Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Illinois Creve Coeur 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Twentynine Palms, CA
8-23-2010 US Rodriguez, Ronald A. Sergeant 26 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Virginia Falls Church 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton, CA
8-23-2010 US Deluzio, Steven J. Sergeant 25 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, RPG Paktika Paktika U.S. Army National Guard Connecticut South Glastonbury 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Jericho, VT
8-23-2010 US Southworth, Tristan H. Specialist 21 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, RPG Paktika Paktika U.S. Army National Guard Vermont West Danville 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Jericho, VT
8-22-2010 US Meletiche, Pedro A. Millet Specialist 20 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Kandahar Arghandab River Valley U.S. Army New Jersey Elizabeth 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Fort Carson, CO
8-22-2010 US Calo, Jason D. Sergeant 23 Hostile - hostile fire Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Kentucky Lexington 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune, NC
8-21-2010 UK Bancroft, Jordan Dean Lance Corporal 25 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Helmand Nad e-Ali district British Army England Burnley, Lancashire 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment Not reported yet
8-21-2010 US Maldonado, Alexis V. Private 1st Class 20 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Kandahar Zhari District (Died at Kandahar Air Field) U.S. Army Texas Wichita Falls 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade Fort Hood, TX
8-21-2010 US Schultz, Nathaniel J. A. Lance Corporal 19 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Florida Safety Harbor 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune, NC
8-20-2010 Australia Dale, Thomas Private 21 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Oruzgan Baluchi Valley Australian Army Not yet reported Not yet reported 6th Battalion Brisbane
8-20-2010 Australia Kirby, Grant Private 35 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Oruzgan Baluchi Valley Australian Army Not yet reported Not yet reported 6th Battalion Brisbane
8-20-2010 US Childers, Cody S. Lance Corporal 19 Hostile - hostile fire Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Virginia Chesapeake 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, IIMarine Expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune, NC
8-19-2010 US Wright, Christopher S. Specialist 23 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Kunar Pech U.S. Army Kentucky Tollesboro 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Hunter Army Air Field, GA
8-19-2010 US Lugo, Martin A. Sergeant 24 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Zabul Puli Alam U.S. Army Arizona Tucson 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Hunter Army Air Field, GA
8-19-2010 US Thomas, Collin Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) 33 Hostile - hostile fire Eastern Afghanistan Eastern Afghanistan U.S. Navy Kentucky Morehead East coast-based SEAL team Not yet reported
8-19-2010 US Boyd, Christopher J. Corporal 22 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Illinois Palatine 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, IMarine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton, CA
8-18-2010 US Oratowski, Kevin E. Lance Corporal 23 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Illinois Wheaton 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton, CA
8-17-2010 US Roberts, Edgar N. Sergeant 1st Class 39 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Wardak National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD Sayed Abad (Wounded June 6) U.S. Army Georgia Hinesville 810th Engineer Company (SAPPER) Swainsboro, GA
8-17-2010 US Farley, Derek J. Staff Sergeant 24 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Farah Bala Boluk
The Abocve is just news no longer reported by the MSM, because it might hurt THE DEMOCRATS...
Exactly. The hypocrisy and deceit is nauseating.
Why are American soldiers dying in a nation where old men sexually molesting young boys is a national pastime? Let’s get out. Now!
will the camera crews be there for casket photo’s?
It is here. It is in the British press. It is in the hearts of patriotic Americans.
The broadcast television channels are engaging in psyops attempting to prop up a failing regime.
Some of our friends and neighbors are over there now, and I worry about them. Obama’s Rules of Engagement are sickening, and he just won’t stop telling the Taliban that we have no intention of winning.
So, what do they have to lose?
Father, be with the families as You carry these Heroes to Heaven.
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