US military death toll in Afghanistan reaches 2,000

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19776402


Nato troops will withdraw by the end of 2014, but a number will remain to train Afghan security forces


The US military has suffered its 2,000th death in the Afghan war - with a suspected "insider" attack at a checkpoint.

A US soldier and a foreign contractor were killed in the east of the country, apparently by a rogue member of the Afghan security forces.

"Insider" attacks sharply increased this year, prompting the coalition to suspend joint operations this month.

However, such operations resumed in recent days, the Pentagon said.

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1. US MILITARY DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN HIT 2,000

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN_2?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-30-02-38-23

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. military deaths in the Afghan war have reached 2,000, a cold reminder of the human cost of an 11-year-old conflict that garners little public interest at home as the United States prepares to withdraw most of its combat forces by the end of 2014.

The toll has climbed steadily in recent months with a spate of attacks by Afghan army and police against American and NATO troops, and questions about whether allied countries will achieve their aim of helping the Afghan government and its forces stand on their own after most foreign troops depart in little more than two years.

A U.S. official confirmed the latest death Sunday, saying that an international service member killed in an apparent insider attack by Afghan forces in the east of the country late Saturday was American. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the nationality of those killed had not been formally released.

A civilian contractor with NATO and at least two Afghan soldiers also died in the attack, according to a coalition statement and Afghan provincial officials. The nationality of the civilian was not disclosed.

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2. It appears the 2,000 is the Afghanistan spin for this week.

They're off by only 125 dead Americans.

http://icasualties.org/OEF/index.aspx

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3. +1

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4. Bring the troops home

There is no reason to be in Afghanistan

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5. And that's just military deaths. How about about human deaths,

human terror and suffering, and human impoverishment...

...and the loss of everything that could have been accomplished if we were not diverting the country's money into these murderous adventures, for the profit of a very few.

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6. War, what war? We have an election going on.

The war has been on the back burner, out of sight, out of mind, ever since Obama took office. It has virtually disappeared for the past six months as election season gets cranked up.

Sad, truly sad.

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7. It may have disappeared from sight

but it has definitely disappeared from the treasury

http://costofwar.com

Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,378,010,222,566

that was @08:54 EST

Click to see how much more since then

A trillion here and a Trillion there, pretty soon you're talkin' Medicare and SS

One of the biggest ripoffs in all of history, and many many people cheer it on...