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Afghanistan
Coalition limits details on troops killed by Afghans
2012-01-20
H/T Diana West
Military commanders in Afghanistan have stopped making public the number of allied troops killed by Afghan soldiers and police, a measure of the trustworthiness of a force that is to take over security from U.S.-led forces.

The change in policy comes after at least three allied troops have been killed by the Afghan troops they trained in the past month and follows what appears to be the deadliest year of the war for NATO trainers at the hands of their Afghan counterparts.

The International Security Assistance Force in Kabul had responded to previous requests for details on cases where Afghan troops -- screened and trained by ISAF and Afghan officials -- have turned their weapons on NATO troops.

Navy Lt. Cdr. Brian Badura said ISAF has a new policy to release only limited information about casualties, leaving the responsibility for detail to the troops' home countries. The policy went into effect in the latter half of 2011, he said.

In 2012, Afghan security forces have killed at least one ISAF member. In the latest incident, a sudden jihadist member of the Afghan army man wearing an Afghan army uniform killed a coalition soldier, ISAF said Jan. 8. Two days later, the Pentagon said Pfc. Dustin P. Napier, 20, of London, Ky., had died from small-arms fire on Jan. 8 but released no further details.

More than a third of the attacks stemmed from sudden jihad syndrome combat stress as opposed to Taliban infiltration, an ISAF review of incidents found last year. About one-fifth of the attacks were caused by chronic jihad syndrome insurgents goading or coercing Afghan troops.
Posted by:Glimp Sleremp8476

#6  Rob06, desecration of corpses is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. Having said that, I think someone here suggested, give those guys a GOMOR and a Field Grade 15 and be done with it, with which I completely agree. Not every violation is a "war crime" or a capital crime.

And not every signatory enforces it, like Afghanistan and Pakistan (yes, really), nor is there any reciprocity requirement.

So yeah, what remoteman said.
Posted by: RandomJD   2012-01-20 19:59  

#5  The perpetrators of these killings should get the Pershing treatment - buried in pig offal in public with all media sources being used. Spread the word that this is what happens to turncoats. That may tend to reduce the desire of these idiots to infiltrate and detonate.

Oh yeah, wimps be dammed - this is war, let the dead enemy be pissed upon, and quit making such a rucus about it at home. For crying out loud, it's OK to blow the heart out these animals, but not OK to urinate on them? WTF
Posted by: Rob06   2012-01-20 15:16  

#4  In all fairness, this also happened in Vietnam, with it being a high priority of the Viet Cong to recruit or coerce members of the ARVN, and infiltrate by any means.

The big difference was that they were doing so for military intelligence and sabotage reasons, which are far more dangerous than killing some privates.

By compromising ARVN and US offensive and defensive operations, they could both protect Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers and enable their attacks to be far more effective.

Those small number of ARVN units who after extensive testing were found to be secure and loyal then got a LOT more work, only exiting their bases to go on major operations where they were critical players. In turn they got the full support, good weapons, high pay, etc., and worked in relative anonymity to prevent retaliation.

They helped a lot to crush the Viet Cong, and worked under their own, far less restrictive ROE.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-01-20 13:07  

#3  It is but one more reason not to waste more blood and treasure on this hell hole. This will only continue to happen and regardless of how often it does, each occurrence points out the idiocy of our trying to drag this barbaric, tribal nation into the modern world. Aint. Gonna. Happen. Can we start leaving tomorrow?
Posted by: remoteman   2012-01-20 12:27  

#2  More Socialist, Marxist style disinformation. Only it is now being implemented in the good ole United States of America. They are covering up how our sons and daughters are being killed over there under thier watch.

This is in and of itself for the the people of the United States of America to say "git-a-rope".
Posted by: Unush Panda7572   2012-01-20 11:26  

#1  Pfc. Napier was killed during a game of volleyball at a joint military base. The killer was a soldier of the ANA.

The Pentagon's release mentioning only 'small-arms fire' is both technically truthful and a blatant lie supporting a cover-up.
Posted by: Glimp Sleremp8476   2012-01-20 09:15  

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