8 U.S. troops killed in 24 hours in Afghanistan

[unhappycamper]

Afghan police officers secure the headquarters of the elite Afghan National Civil Order Police on July 14. A car bomb was detonated at its gate and insurgents soon opened fire on the compound with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades late July 13, killing three U.S. service members.


8 U.S. troops killed in 24 hours in Afghanistan
By Mirwais Khan - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jul 14, 2010 17:11:33 EDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Eight American troops died during a 24-hour span in attacks in southern Afghanistan, including a car bombing and gunfight outside a police compound in Kandahar, officials said Wednesday as the Taliban push back against a coalition effort to secure the volatile region.

The deadly 24 hours for U.S. troops came a day after three British soldiers were killed when one of their Afghan army allies attacked them with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades. A senior Afghan army officer identified the man as a Shiite Hazara — an ethnic minority usually opposed to the Taliban — and said his motive was still unclear.

In the southern city of Kandahar, a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb late Tuesday night at the gate of the headquarters of the elite Afghan National Civil Order Police, a NATO statement said. Minutes later, insurgents opened fire with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

Three U.S. troops, an Afghan police officer and five civilians died in the attack, but NATO said the insurgents failed to enter the compound.

The special police unit, known as ANCOP, had only recently been dispatched to Kandahar to set up checkpoints along with international forces to try to secure the south’s largest city, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban.



unhappycamper comment: To date on thousand one hundred eighty four American soldiers have been killed in the ongoing occupation of Afghanistan --> http://icasualties.org/OEF/index.aspx

[Solly Mack]

1. k/r

[w8liftinglady]

2. when the hell will we say "Enough is enough"?

Thanks for posting