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Afghanistan
Afghan guard shoots dead two Nato troops
2011-07-10
[Dawn] An Afghan guard rubbed out two NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
troops accompanying a reconstruction team convoy travelling in a northern province Saturday, police said.

Police chief Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh said the shooting took place in the Darah district of Panjshir province, about 62 miles north of Kabul.

Jangalbagh said the shooter was a bodyguard working for the country's second highest-ranking intelligence official. He said the shooter stopped the convoy, engaged in an argument with NATO troops and opened fire.

Jangalbagh said another NATO soldier fired back and killed the shooter.

NATO said it was investigating the incident and declined to offer additional information.
Posted by:Fred

#5  lets go a step further than Sherman. Pull out all troops quickly and nuke the shit out of afghanistan and pakiland and be done with the cockroaches.If the first strike don't work try until it's done right. What good is either one of these countries or their ppl besides being assholes at the local convenience store?
Posted by: chris   2011-07-10 22:27  

#4  Leave Afghanistan under duress? Sure - like Sherman left Georgia.
Posted by: OldSpook   2011-07-10 18:07  

#3  then one would think that afghan intelligence knew what sort of man this was...

It's a serious mine field. For over 1000 years, since the imposition of Islam at swordpoint, Afghans have been taught about the inferiority of the infidel and his rightful place as a servant to the devout (Muslim). The odds of running into people who buy that religious propaganda are a lot higher in Afghanistan, where Muslims are roughly 100 pct of the population than stateside, where Muslims are about 1%. This is why important Afghan officials keep getting assassinated - enemy infiltrators.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2011-07-10 10:47  

#2  ...coulda been a cousin, nephew...it's not like merit is the basis of a lot of jobs hirings there. Sorta like D.C.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-07-10 09:27  

#1  "..the shooter was a bodyguard working for the country's second highest-ranking intelligence official.."

then one would think that afghan intelligence knew what sort of man this was...
Posted by: American Delight   2011-07-10 08:13  

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