Afghan soldier kills US trainers in shooting exercise

[unhappycamper]

Afghan soldier kills US trainers in shooting exercise
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 -- 1:02 pm

KABUL — An Afghan soldier opened fire at a training exercise in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two US civilian trainers and a fellow Afghan soldier in the second similar shootout in just a week.

The shooting raised further questions about the quality of the fledgling Afghan army as the international community endorsed a roadmap for President Hamid Karzai for Afghanistan to take security responsibility by 2014.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it was investigating whether the gunman, believed to have been an army trainer, turned his gun on his comrades in a deliberate attack or by accident during the basic training exercise.

The shooter also died.

A NATO soldier and an Afghan service member were also wounded at the training facility near Mazar-i-Sharif, the largest city in relatively peaceful northern Afghanistan where Taliban infiltration has been minimal.

[Oregone]

1. Hashish Army

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Ithink this might be the right day to leave Afghanistan. Bring our troops home NOW.

[Mimosa]

3. Ya think they don't want U.S. there? n/t

[Soylent Brice]

4. damn.

[rocktivity]

5. Not very good trainers, were they?

x(
rocktivity

[Turbineguy]

6. Cheney

must have trained him.

[Brickbat]

7. What a fucking nightmare -- and they can't even tell if this is an accident or deliberate?

Unbelievable. This shit has got to stop.

[Hydra]

8. I'm sure they can tell

But would rather not tell us until they have some really out there story to cover up what really happened.

Maybe we'll find out he was Osama Bin Laden's long lost brother next week.

Al-Queda lives!!!