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doodle
05-13-2011, 10:00 PM
Attacks by US/NAT armed/funded military/police on US/NATO troops is becoming routine news lately.




NATO: Afghan policeman opens fire, kills 2 service members
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 13, 2011 -- Updated 1335 GMT (2135 HKT)

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two international service members were killed in a shootout at an Afghan police compound, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Friday.

The two who died were part of a mentoring team that was preparing to eat lunch with Afghan police at a compound in southern Helmand province Thursday. A uniformed policeman opened fire at the ISAF troops. The gunman was seriously injured in the incident, ISAF said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/afghanistan.troops.killed/


Recent news:




9 Americans dead after Afghan officer opens fire

By RAHIM FAIEZ and LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Rahim Faiez And Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press – 1 hr 40 mins ago

KABUL, Afghanistan – Eight American troops and a U.S. contractor died Wednesday after an Afghan military pilot opened fire during a meeting at Kabul airport — the deadliest episode to date of an Afghan turning against his coalition partners, officials said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan


There were other incidences in news recently where Afghan policeman had opened fired on NATO troops and an Afghan army recruit had targeted NATO killing 8 Nato and 4 Afgahn tropps:


Taliban sleeper agent kills 9 at Afghan base

AP

By SOLOMON MOORE, Associated Press Solomon Moore, Associated Press – Sat Apr 16, 4:37 pm ET

KABUL, Afghanistan – Like hundreds of thousands of Afghan men, he volunteered in the national army, ran drills in the mud, carried an automatic rifle, and worked alongside coalition mentors struggling against a hardcore insurgency.

But he was not one of them.

On Saturday, he walked into a meeting of NATO trainers and Afghan troops at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in the eastern province of Laghman and detonated a vest of explosives hidden underneath his uniform.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110416/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

doodle
05-14-2011, 11:59 AM
In other Afghan news:

Obama, NATO, renew commitment to Libya, Afghanistan operations

May 13, 2011, 19:39 GMT

'Day by day, we have been degrading Gaddafi's war machine and now we see the results. We have saved numerous lives. We have stopped Gaddafi's efforts to retake the country by force.' The two sides agreed that the operations will continue so long as Gaddafi's forces attack Libya's civilian populations and noted the number of lives saved by NATO actions, according to a White House press release.

The two sides also agreed upon the importance of sustained NATO operations in Afghanistan, but looked ahead to the transition of operations to Afghan forces by 2014.

LINK (http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1639064.php/Obama-NATO-renew-commitment-to-Libya-Afghanistan-operations)