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| 9 mercs killed in Afghanistan |
| 2010-08-07 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] At least nine members of a private security firm have been killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan, local Afghan officials say. The bomb blast damaged a car carrying security firm workers in the village of Asmar in Kunar province late on Thursday, a Press TV correspondent reported. Local officials said the nine people killed were working for a road construction company. No further details on the nationality of the security guards who were killed have been disclosed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, a spokesman for the militant group said in a statement. Mercenaries of the infamous private security firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, have contracts to provide security in Afghanistan, but the private security firm that the nine men worked for has not been identified. In the June 4 edition of The Wall Street Journal, it was reported that Xe's most recent government contract tasked the group with protecting CIA bases in Afghanistan. The report was confirmed at the end of June by Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta during a TV interview, the newspaper wrote. Blackwater/Xe mercs were hated by the Iraqis during their time in that country because they were able to kill many civilians with impunity. Over the past few months, public opinion has been turning against the war in the United States and other countries, and thus US President Barack Obama's upbeat assessments about progress in the Afghan war will probably not go down well at home or abroad. The death toll for US service members stationed in Afghanistan reached 66 for the month of July 2010, making it the deadliest month for US troops deployed in the Central Asian nation since the conflict began in October 2001. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Bodyguard---at that temperature, you are going to need a lot larger radiator!!!!! Drink plenty of wawa and stay safe. Hell, the Nevada Test Site was cakewalk compared to where you are. You have my total respect! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul at ANC 2010-08-07 17:26 |
| #9 The wind has changed BG. Thats the trash pit you smell burning mate. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-07 14:28 |
| #8 if you in em This is why you shouldn't try to type with your laptop propped up on your belly. Shoulda been an "are" somwehere in there. Hooked on Ebonics worked for my dumb ass! Lotp, we're bellying up to the lounge for some of your Famous BBQ, I can smell the smoke all the way over here! |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2010-08-07 13:37 |
| #7 I've been in some pretty crappy situations both in Iraq and Afghanistan, but for all-around shittyness I think Somalia takes the cake. I can empathize with you OS, those Wadi's can make for a pretty big pickle if you in em, as opposed to overwatching em! Shittyness? Whoa! I think I just invented a new word to add to the Bodyguard Dictionary! Woo-Hoo! All is well, living the dream. |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2010-08-07 13:28 |
| #6 The closest I've been to hell was a wadi in Iraq. Afghanistan is worse in spots from what I hear. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-08-07 12:53 |
| #5 I didn't think it got that hot outside of hell. Maybe it doesn't -- what's that say about where our Bodyguard is? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-08-07 10:37 |
| #4 128 degrees. Holy mother. I didn't think it got that hot outside of hell. Be safe BG. Watch your back. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-07 10:30 |
| #3 Stay safe indeed, BG. And when you can, drop by the club for a tall cold one and some barbeque. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-08-07 10:18 |
| #2 We're on it, BG. Stay safe! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-08-07 10:15 |
| #1 In other news R-Burgers, it seems a few Pseudo-Médecins Sans Frontières got did up north. Talk about biting the hand that heals you! 15:46 Local, 128 Deg, partly cloudy. Best, Bodyguard |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2010-08-07 07:19 |