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| Afghanistan: NATO soldiers killed in bomb attack |
| 2008-08-23 |
| (AKI) - Three NATO soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan on Wednesday. The blast occurred in central Ghazni province but NATO did not identify the nationalities of the victims. Polish troops are assigned to patrol the province. The attack occurred as President Nicolas Sarkozy met French troops in Afghanistan following the deaths of 10 French soldiers 60 kilometres east of Kabul on Monday. Sarkozy flew to Kabul immediately after hearing news of the casualties and pledged to continue France's commitment in Afghanistan. France plans to send 700 troops by the end of August, raising its troop numbers in Afghanistan to 2,600. Meanwhile, the US-led coalition said more than 30 militants were killed in a battle with its troops in eastern Afghanistan. The coalition said in a statement that the clash took place in eastern Laghman province on Wednesday. There were neither coalition nor Afghan troops killed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 You know, if I were a NATO commander, or if I were the Minister of Defense of a NATO country, I'd be pushing troops into Afghanistan and Iraq as fast as I could, after seeing what happened to Georgia. That's especially true for troops from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and anywhere else that "used to be" part of the Soviet empire. Not only would I want to learn everything possible about counter-insurgency, I'd also do my best to learn how to conduct an insurgent campaign without getting my country blown to bits. BTW, it wouldn't hurt the REST of Europe to have that kind of training. I'd also be changing some gun laws. One of the reasons Switzerland has never been invaded is because it would take an army of 20 million or so to completely subdue the country, and by the time you did, there wouldn't be anything left to steal. If every nation had an army like the Swiss army, Europe would be unconquerable. Of course, you'd need citzens loyal to the country, or at least to the region. That kinda leaves out muzlimbs. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-08-23 15:15 |