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Afghan Insider Attack Kills 3 NATO Troops
Voice of America News ^ | September 21, 2013 | AP, AFP and Reuters

Posted on 09/21/2013 3:06:25 PM PDT by Pan_Yan

The NATO-led force in Afghanistan says three of its troops were killed Saturday when a man wearing an Afghan security forces uniform shot them.

Afghan officials confirmed the incident, saying the attack took place in the eastern province of Paktia.

So-called "insider attacks," when Afghan forces turn their guns on their foreign partners, have killed large numbers of foreign soldiers in Afghanistan.

(Excerpt) Read more at voanews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; deathtoll; fallen; gwot; nato
No word on the nationality of the deceased yet.
1 posted on 09/21/2013 3:06:25 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan
Apparently it's coming down to:

The only good Afghani is a dead Afghani.

2 posted on 09/21/2013 3:08:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (h)
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To: Paladin2

There are no good muslims.


3 posted on 09/21/2013 3:11:00 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Pan_Yan
Long War Journal states that most forces in Paktia are Americans. The New York Times claims it happened on or near an American base.
4 posted on 09/21/2013 3:11:04 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

Its part of the propaganda. They call dead Americans “Nato troops”. Because to the jackasses we have for generals leading our military, they are first part of a command known as “NATO”, and only Americans as a distant second.


5 posted on 09/21/2013 3:32:59 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Pan_Yan
Civilian crime - when they don't say the race of the perp, he's black.

Blue-on-blue attacks - when they don't say the nationality of the victims, they're Americans.

Leave Afghanistan now and nuke it from a safe distance.

6 posted on 09/21/2013 3:34:45 PM PDT by grobdriver
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To: aomagrat

In whatever garb they wear, never turn your back on them.


7 posted on 09/21/2013 3:48:47 PM PDT by FES0844
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To: Pan_Yan

3 Americans dead


8 posted on 09/21/2013 3:52:03 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Pan_Yan

3 Army Special Ops

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/world/afghanistan-us-soldiers-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


9 posted on 09/21/2013 3:55:43 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Three more of America’s finest gone in a war we’ve already decided to lose; only still there because some DC hacks marked a calendar with an arbitrary withdrawl date in 2014.


10 posted on 09/21/2013 3:59:39 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

yes


11 posted on 09/21/2013 4:02:16 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: DesertRhino
You make a good point here, but I disagree with you in this particular type of case.

When these announcements are made, the troops are described as "NATO troops" because the announcement comes from NATO command, not the Pentagon. It may seem like a subtle point, but that's exactly why everything is presented this way when these announcements come out of Afghanistan.

To reinforce this point, I don't think troops in Iraq were ever described as "NATO troops" whenever reports like this came out.

12 posted on 09/21/2013 4:29:45 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Aren’t they all officially “NATO troops” in Afghanistan now? If this was an area where there were mostly Americans, probably these were American troops.

Frankly, I think Barry is using NATO troops as a dodge to cover up the fact that the vast majority of those Americans killed in Afghanistan were killed during his (much shorter) watch because of the ROE and because of his Taliban-friendly attitude.


13 posted on 09/21/2013 4:40:35 PM PDT by livius
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