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15 killed, including 6 Americans, after car bomb hits US convoy in Afghanistan
Fox News ^
| May 16, 2013
| AP
Posted on 05/16/2013 8:19:25 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including two American soldiers and four civilian contractors, officials said. The brazen attack made May the deadliest month this year for coalition forces.
Cmdr. Bill Speaks, a spokesman for the U.S. Defense Secretary, confirmed that the two soldiers from the NATO military coalition who were killed in the bombing were Americans. He would not comment on the nationalities of the civilian contractors.
It was the bloodiest attack in the Afghan capital since March 9, when suicide bombers struck near the Afghan Defense Ministry while U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was visiting.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanwar; carbomb; suicidebomb; taliban
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:19:25 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
There may be a serious internal security problem there. Somebody on the indside told the bad guys when, where, and who.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:20:32 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Pan_Yan
Insufficient convoy security...
Sad... and unecessary
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:20:46 AM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: MestaMachine; Jet Jaguar; kristinn; holdonnow; rush; Hannity; dynachrome; Nachum
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:21:21 AM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Pray. Penance. Isa 5:18-21 Isa 10:1-3)
To: BenLurkin
MB and dhimmi primadonna officers.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:22:25 AM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Pray. Penance. Isa 5:18-21 Isa 10:1-3)
To: Pan_Yan
One of the best real-time missions for UAV's would be convoy escort --
Flying armed recce overhead...
Covering the movement from a miles ahead all the way back to tail-end charlie.
One bird... four missiles... dead bad guys
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:25:44 AM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: Pan_Yan
Two Americans or six Americans? Were the four contractors Americans? The Fox link headline is
15 killed, including 6 Americans, after car bomb hits US convoy in Afghanistan. Why did you change it?
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:25:52 AM PDT
by
kabar
To: AliVeritas
Something for obama to add to his snuff collection.
To: kabar
I didn’t change it; Fox changed it. I knew it was wrong but I didn’t want some jerk on FR accusing me of altering the original title.
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:28:00 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
To: Pan_Yan
"Oh no! More workplace violence!"
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posted on
05/16/2013 8:41:51 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Obama-Ville - Land of The Freebies, Home of the Enslaved)
To: Pan_Yan
Did some shady character put out another of those despicable YouTube videos?
/sarc
We really, really need a leader. While we wait for one, pray.
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posted on
05/16/2013 9:11:40 AM PDT
by
onemiddleamerican
(FUBO and all your terrorist buddies)
To: Pan_Yan
We should've leveled Afghanistan years ago.. I don't understand this pussy-footing around and being mindful of terrorists "feelings".. F'em. All you do is tell the Afghan people that their village will be cluster bombed if any of their people attack Americans. If suicide bombers can be ID'd, punish their families.
Right now, we have COMPLETE SILENCE FROM OUR PRESIDENT ABOUT WHO THE ENEMY IS AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES TO TERRORISTS WILL BE..
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
05/18/2013 8:19:17 AM PDT
by
TArcher
("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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