prayers for our troops we lost 20 in 14 days to chicken back shooter....A U.S. service member was killed in southern Afghanistan today on a patrol with Afghan security forces when one of the Afghans turned his weapon on the Americans, the latest in a rash of what the ISAF is now calling "insider" attacks on American troops.
The incident comes just days after the U.S. military told troops to be constantly armed and ready for attack, both inside and outside their bases. Twenty U.S. troops and one aid worker have been killed in Taliban attacks in the past two weeks, 10 of them shot to death in cold blood by rogue Afghan soldiers or policemen.
The number of "green on blue" attacks this year already exceeds the total for last year. Since the beginning of 2012, there have been 32 attacks resulting in 40 deaths, far more than last year's 21 total attacks.
The incident comes just days after the U.S. military told troops to be constantly armed and ready for attack, both inside and outside their bases. Twenty U.S. troops and one aid worker have been killed in Taliban attacks in the past two weeks, 10 of them shot to death in cold blood by rogue Afghan soldiers or policemen.
The number of "green on blue" attacks this year already exceeds the total for last year. Since the beginning of 2012, there have been 32 attacks resulting in 40 deaths, far more than last year's 21 total attacks.
It's long past time for our troops to kick their arses and get the heck outta dodge.
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