The definition of insanity: Keep doing the same thing and expect different results

[unhappycamper]

Airstrike accidentally kills 5 Afghan troops
By Rahim Faiez - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jul 7, 2010 8:20:16 EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO mistakenly killed five of its Afghan army allies in an airstrike Wednesday while the Afghans were attacking insurgents in the country's east, officials said.

An Afghan defense official condemned the latest "friendly fire" deaths, which came at a time when international troops are trying to improve coordination with Afghan security forces in hopes of handing over more security to them nearly nine years into the war. Three American soldiers were also reported killed Wednesday in a roadside bomb in the south.

The Afghan soldiers were launching an ambush before dawn against insurgents reportedly on the move in Ghazni province when NATO aircraft began firing on them without warning, Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said.

Five Afghan soldiers died and two more were wounded in the airstrike in Ghazni's Andar district, he said.

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NATO is counting on the strategy to beat back the insurgents' recent gains, nearly nine years after U.S.-backed forces toppled the Taliban's hard-line Islamist regime. The aim is to win over the population by limiting Afghan casualties while securing new areas, eventually turning control over to local army and police and allowing foreign troops to withdraw.

[Bandit]

1. I know what will fix it all...Tax Cuts

:shrug: Republicans are indeed batshit crazy as in completely insane..

[WillyT]

2. So Therefore... Voting Is Insane ???

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