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To: robowombat
The top commander for NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan says the Kabul attack has left 27 dead — including Afghan police, civilians and insurgents.

Is there any particular reason the dead are being lumped together as opposed to being separated as to whether they are friend or foe? Seriously, I want to know how many of the dead were the attackers (insurgents/Taliban) and how many were Afghan police/Civilians.

2 posted on 09/14/2011 10:02:28 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: SoldierDad

The important thing is they were all F ghani’s. Otherwise there is no difference. We should encourage and facilitate their mutual slaughter.


3 posted on 09/14/2011 10:07:36 AM PDT by bigheadfred (But alas)
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To: SoldierDad
The writing is confused possibly because of the rush to file a story. In the attached earlier story the following appears:

At least six Afghans — four police officers and two civilians — died across the city in what was a coordinated attack that started Tuesday, the Kabul police department said. By Wednesday morning, all assailants, including at least six in the building close to the U.S. embassy, were dead.

Two or three of the assailants had held out overnight in the unfinished, 11-story high-rise at a major traffic circle in the capital, but were killed in the final morning assault by Afghan forces, said Hashmat Stanekzai, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief.

There is no clear break down as to the number of casualties and the reporting seems confused maybe because the events are chaotic. Not good news that the enemy after a decade can conduct a multilevel attack like this in the heart of the capital and aimed at the unfinished giant U S Embassy building.

4 posted on 09/14/2011 10:09:57 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: SoldierDad

It was a good thing to publically announce we were getting out without making glass first ... right?


5 posted on 09/14/2011 10:27:04 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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