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| Afghanistan |
| British soldier, 4 road workers killed in attacks |
| 2008-12-26 |
| KABUL - A British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, while four road construction workers and two militants were killed elsewhere in the country, officials said Thursday. The British soldier was killed by insurgent fire in Nad Ali district in the southern province of Helmand on Wednesday, the British Defence Ministry said in a statement. NATO-led forces in Kabul also confirmed the death of the soldier in a statement. "We are saddened by this brave serviceman's death, and our deepest condolences go to his family and loved ones, especially during this holiday season," Captain Mark Windsor, a NATO spokesman said. The soldier was the seventh British serviceman to die in the province in the past two weeks. More than 130 British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since their deployment following the ouster of Taliban regime in late 2001. Elsewhere, four road construction workers were killed and two others were wounded in a rocket attack in Souki district of eastern Kunar province on Wednesday, Engineer Haseeb Karimzai, director of the Afghan Road Construction Company said. "They were working on the road when a rocket fired from an unknown place hit the road close to the work site, killing and wounding our workers" he said. Abdul Jalal Jalal, provincial police chief, said the attack was "the work of enemies of Afghanistan," a term often used by Afghan officials to describe the Taliban militants. Coalition spokesmen were not available for comment. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Your turn to buy, Ship. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-12-26 17:07 |
| #1 Why are we not using napalm on these miscreants? Anyone firing at an allied military person should immediately be hit with 250Lb. of napalm. You know you hit your target when the ammo cooks off. Fighting a war with both feet in buckets and one arm tied behind you is stupid, not to mention dangerous. Political correctness and the "advice" of people who've never been shot at will kill a lot of allied troops. It shouldn't be allowed to happen. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-12-26 13:10 |