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| Nine US soldier among scores who die in wave of attacks in Afghanistan |
| 2008-07-13 |
| Nine U.S. troops were killed in an attack Sunday on a base in a remote province of eastern Afghanistan, a Western official familiar with the situation said. It's the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan in three years. Though details of the attack were not immediately available, an earlier statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Afghan and ISAF soldiers were involved in "heavy fighting" with insurgents at a command outpost in Kunar province. "Insurgents have been firing at the [command outpost] with small arms, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, using homes, shops and the mosque in the village of Wanat for cover," according to the statement. ISAF and Afghan soldiers, backed by air support, responded with small arms, machine guns, mortars and artillery, the statement said. "There have been casualties on both sides of the fight, but accurate numbers could not be confirmed as the fighting is ongoing at the time of this release," the statement said. Since the start of coalition operations in Afghanistan, 470 U.S. troops have died. This figure includes Sunday's casualties. News of the dead U.S. troops came after a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed at least 21 people, including four police officers, in southern Afghanistan Sunday. The latest incidents are part of a deadly wave of weekend attacks that also included a suicide attack at an army camp in Helmand province and the death of two coalition soldiers. The motorcycle attack occurred in the southern Afghanistan city of Tarin Kowt on Sunday, Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said. The suicide bomber blew himself up in a market, authorities said. Helmand province was the site of a deadly suicide attack by a teenager Saturday. Authorities said the teen detonated his explosives-laden vest outside an Afghan National Army camp. The blast killed the bomber and three others, officials said. The boy approached the army camp in the Marja district. A soldier discovered the vest while searching the teenager, but it detonated immediately, ISAF said. The blast killed the teen and two soldiers. A child later died of his injuries, ISAF said. In other developments: • Also in Helmand province, a coalition member was killed in a roadside bomb Sunday, the U.S. military said. The identity and nationality of the soldier was not disclosed. • In northern Afghanistan on Saturday, a soldier assigned to ISAF was killed in an explosion. The soldier's nationality was not released. • The Indian Embassy in Afghanistan will resume issuing visas on Monday, a week after a massive bombing outside its gates killed 58 people. An embassy staff member said maintenance work at the offices was almost complete. The suicide car bomb detonated July 7 in a crowded street outside the embassy, where dozens of people were lined up to apply for visas. • Also in Helmand province, Afghan National Security Forces and coalition troops killed at least 40 militants in an ongoing operation, a coalition statement said. "Militants attacked an ANSF and coalition forces security patrol beginning [Saturday] in Sangin district, using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, from multiple concealed and fortified positions. The ensuing fight led ANSF and coalition forces to return fire and call for precision air strikes," the coalition statement said. "At least 40 militants have been killed in the last two days, while over 30 enemy boats and several hand bridges were also destroyed on the Helmand River." |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #26 Red Dawg---sounds like trolling for Talibs..... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-07-13 21:53 |
| #25 Nimble, I expect B*O to flip away from that position as soon as the situation in Iraq is so bad for the jihad that even the MSM must acknowledge it. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-07-13 20:42 |
| #24 Nine US soldier among scores who die in wave of attacks in Afghanistan I recall a fairly good video or...two, about some semi-permanent US base/s in the A-Stan Mountains very near the Paki border. The Location best I can remember was West of Tank or South of Jalalabad in the A-Stan mountains. The reason for my comment is that I was struck how few of our folks were stuck there perched up high on a mountain side in Indian country. They ran regular hard ass defensive patrols but still the villages were not particularly friendly because there were so many hard core Talib types around. Our guys had registered fires and aircraft on call but they seemed to be like sitting ducks inspite of the supporting arms. The Talibs made their lives interesting by firing in harassment fire on a regular bases. does anyone have these videos? |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-07-13 20:34 |
| #23 Poor justice. The lad is clueless, and he can't read Arabic. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-13 20:29 |
| #22 I'm not so sure. Remember, The Obamessiah wants to invade Pakistan. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-07-13 20:21 |
| #21 Besides a friendlier regime in Pakistan, the Taliban benefit from a recent influx of foreign jihadis fleeing the rout of terrorist forces in Iraq. It is likely as well that the latter have brought their financial and western ideological and propaganda support with them. Expect the left-liberals in this country to drop their phony bait-and-switch support for the Afghan operation and return to the full-blown defeatism/sedition that characterized their position before the Iraq invasion. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-07-13 20:18 |
| #20 And a mouthful of Cab Ima afraid to ask Nimble... <:) |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-07-13 20:11 |
| #19 Frank you owe me a new keyboard. And a mouthful of Cab. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-07-13 19:38 |
| #18 boy, that return was short |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-07-13 19:18 |
| #17 Militants fired machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars from homes and a mosque in the village of Wanat in the mountainous northeastern province of Kunar, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement. Need to reduce areas from which they are firing to rubble. I wonder if these were special forces units or regulars and if they had air support. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-07-13 19:15 |
| #16 [Justice returns has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: Justice returns 2008-07-13 18:41 |
| #15 Oh, and just a BTW, there NoJustice...ass-wind, you're obviously not Muslim or Islamic, simply a little boy troll who wants to post something to get us going. If that's really what you believe, I invite you to stand in the public square of any town in this country and spout your nonsense and racist filth. I'd love to be standing nearby to watch you count your teeth. If you're really brave, try it in Skokie or NYC or downtown Antioch where I live - or just come by the house sometime. I'd love to show you my bayonet collection. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-07-13 17:41 |
| #14 I see the Nazi's are climbing out of the latrine pit again. Hey Justice (which you ain't)...thunder (which you're not), why don't you crawl back down in the sewage where the rest of your kind huddle. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-07-13 17:34 |
| #13 The only reason there is even one muslim left on this planet is because of western restraint - you, my deluded friend, are living in fairy land! |
| Posted by: Legolas 2008-07-13 17:24 |
| #12 The North Vietnamese had Laos and Cambodia for sanctuaries, the Taliban have Pakistan and Iran. If we don't put a stop to this situation we're talking about the same no win policy that made Vietnam a 'Quagmire'. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2008-07-13 17:23 |
| #11 thustice junder ?????? what? |
| Posted by: Legolas 2008-07-13 17:19 |
| #10 Poor little justice. He hasn't noticed that his jihadi world-conquerers have been so thoroughly defeated in Iraq that they are running away to be killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan, land of the ignorant and impure. Not to mention that Dr. Fadl, the emir of Al Qaeda, the boss of Osama bin Laden and his assistant, that Egyptian al-Zawahiri, publicly repudiated all Al Qaeda has done in the name of jihad. Dr. Fadl even declared that those who kill innocents in the name of jihad or takfir, even Jews and Christians, will go straight to Hell, along with those who seduce them onto that false path. But perhaps poor justice has not learnt Arabic, and so he does not know what all who have read the newspapers or watched the discussions on Al Jazeera televisions know: that the great modern theorist of Islam condemns those who engage in jihad against the West, against those who are guests in Muslim countries, and against those who are residents of countries where Muslims are allowed to live in peace and safety. And justice, dear, do try to develop a sense of style. Your choice of colour combinations is appalling. Your parents must be so embarrassed when you leave the house. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-13 17:19 |
| #9 hola goat bugger! Long time no hear! Dad finally left the laptop unsecured? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-07-13 17:03 |
| #8 Note the difference in Iraq: they have NO shelter, and are prusued reletlessly, by untis that seekk to close with, engage and destroy the enemy. In Afghanistan, that's not the case wiht much of the NATO contingent - plus the Taliban and Al Qaeda have sheltered logistics support in Pakistan for recovery and re-organization thanks to the Pakistani government being utterly incompetent or else maliciously involved in supporting the Talib. Until we pursue and destroy the enemy in Pakistan, Afghanistan will remain a mess. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-13 16:32 |
| #7 Roggio is reporting that fighting is ongoing. It wasn't so much a hit and run attack as it seems to be a fairly protracted battle that is still continuing. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-07-13 15:56 |
| #6 The status quo not only isn't working; it cannot work as long as NATO allows the Pashto Heroin industry to flourish. After the harvest ends in May, Taliban recruits for the Summer Offensive. And they have at least $150,000,000 in their pockets at the time. The RPGs they use are not donated. Reminder: Karzai praised Taliban "morality" in a der Spiegel interview last month. That Pashto dirtbag has to go. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-07-13 15:46 |
| #5 Light the SOBs up |
| Posted by: Legolas 2008-07-13 15:41 |
| #4 Paul...I think the period between the election and inauguration will be a very interesting period. We pretty much know where the islamo-cockroaches are. It's a matter of doing the job. It would not surprise me that we do just that: MOAB's in the Pak mountain fortresses and arc-light's in the Pak training camps. And let the world...especially allan... be d*mned. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-07-13 14:56 |
| #3 You won't make permanent headway in Afghanistan until you cut of the head of the serpent in the frontier providences of Pakistan and even Pak itself. They will respect force. I agree with Old Patriot. We need BUFFS over the base areas. They are not impressed with precision JDAMs, but they are impressed with area pulverization. They do respect power. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-07-13 14:49 |
| #2 More details. KABUL, Afghanistan - A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said. The militant assault on the American troops began around 4:30 a.m. in a dangerous region close to the Pakistan border and lasted throughout the day. Militants fired machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars from homes and a mosque in the village of Wanat in the mountainous northeastern province of Kunar, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-13 14:43 |
| #1 not one Taliban POS should escape alive. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-07-13 14:39 |