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U.S. General Is Reportedly Killed by an Afghan Soldier
The New York Times ^ | Tuesday, August 5, 2014 | Matthew Rosenberg and Haris Kakar

Posted on 08/05/2014 7:44:55 AM PDT by kristinn

A United States Army major general was killed on Tuesday by an Afghan soldier, shot at close range at a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, an official of the American-led coalition and Afghan media reported Tuesday. The officer was the highest-ranking member of the American military to die in hostilities in the Afghanistan war.

The coalition official, who spoke on condition of anonymity and would not release the name of the major general, said an unspecified number of other service members of the American-led coalition and Afghan soldiers, including a senior Afghan commander were also shot. Their conditions were not known.

Other details of the shooting were sketchy, and the coalition official would only confirm that “an incident” had taken place at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy.

SNIP

The Taliban, which often takes credit for insider attacks, had no immediate comment on Tuesday. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the insurgents, said he was still trying to collect information about the incident.

But, he added, the Taliban had many people inside the camp, and that one of their loyalists could have been responsible for the attack.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanwar; fallen; generalkilled; greene; greenonblue; isaf; lwj; taliban
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To: NEMDF
Do any FReepers have predictions on when 0bama will issue remarks on this and what he will say?

Don't worry, his joke writers are working on it right now. I'm sure he'll be just as amusing as he was in Delaware after the Malaysian plane was shot down. What a card. Always good for a yuck.

41 posted on 08/05/2014 8:21:48 AM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: kristinn

Afghanistan shares a large border with Iran and that makes the place useful for everything from ground sensor monitoring to incursion flights and ground activities.

Pakistan has become hostile to the activities of the US to monitor and possibly stop Iran from getting the bomb.

Obama may wish Iran gets the bomb but many others do not.


42 posted on 08/05/2014 8:21:51 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: ArtDodger
don't necessarily have to be military ...

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing

43 posted on 08/05/2014 8:23:32 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: kristinn

Holder will get right on it.

But seriously, these guys know they are *****d when Obama pulls the troops out so their establishing the bona fides with the Taliban.


44 posted on 08/05/2014 8:30:11 AM PDT by Usagi_yo (I don't have a soul, I'm a soul that has a body. -- Unknown)
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To: grania

Looking back, at least under the Soviets, Afghanistan would have modernized somewhat.


45 posted on 08/05/2014 8:30:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: NEMDF

First he’ll give a shout-out to some minority or celebrity, and then he’ll say it was a possible tragedy.


46 posted on 08/05/2014 8:31:02 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Tucker39
But the second group; the aiders, abettors and supporters have pretty much been allowed to skate.

In other words, our "Friends" the Saudis.

47 posted on 08/05/2014 8:31:26 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TexasCajun

Golf Course or Fundraiser? I think his next stop is Martha’s Vineyard for 2+ weeks.


48 posted on 08/05/2014 8:31:58 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: AlphaOneAlpha

I read the same thing online (MSN). It said an American soldier had been killed and several others wounded. Also wounded, a German Brigadier General (non-life threatening injuries). It is a mistake or a deliberate effort to underplay the rank of the Yank murdered. Time to bail on these assholes or get some spine.


49 posted on 08/05/2014 8:33:02 AM PDT by MountainYankee
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To: NEMDF

Obama will call for increased ‘common sense’ gun control measures.


50 posted on 08/05/2014 8:34:20 AM PDT by GaltMeister (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.)
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To: kristinn

Time for a round of golf anyone?


51 posted on 08/05/2014 8:35:26 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: NEMDF

I’m pretty sure Obama will blame the TEA Party, ‘nativists’ and just about anybody else for his confused state of affairs.


52 posted on 08/05/2014 8:47:04 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: knarf

The US military and US citizenry is a ripe killing zone with Obama’s blessing.

From Ft. Hood to Afghanistan, from Benghazi to NYC,

from border ranches where corpses rot

and terrorists and smugglers dance with glee.

Obama’s World.


53 posted on 08/05/2014 8:49:58 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: ScottinVA

The last general killed in combat was in Vietnam. But this wasn’t in combat was it. Murdered while on the job. Depressing. Absolutely depressing. What should we expect? We really should expect worse by now.


54 posted on 08/05/2014 9:09:18 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: ArtDodger

If they are allowed to...


55 posted on 08/05/2014 9:17:32 AM PDT by expat2
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To: ScottinVA
Either we go Roman on those subhumans or GTFO

however before we leave, shouldn't we turn off as many lights as we can?....bombs awayyyy! This American was not just shot, he was murdered.

56 posted on 08/05/2014 9:21:33 AM PDT by yoe
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To: kristinn

Hey! Just doin’ what moozlums do.


57 posted on 08/05/2014 9:24:55 AM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: Tucker39
Dear Tucker39,

You're right.

We should have turned Afghanistan into a parking lot, and said to the rest of the world, “Be our enemy, help our enemy, and you, too, can become a cloud of vapor.”


sitetest

58 posted on 08/05/2014 9:25:21 AM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: ArtDodger

...just to be sure...


59 posted on 08/05/2014 9:30:21 AM PDT by petro45acp (It's a fabian thing.....how do you boil a frog? How's that water feelin right about now?)
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To: Straight Vermonter
Editorial Comments to be considered:

“Folks, let me be perfectly clear. I deplore such workplace violence.”

60 posted on 08/05/2014 9:31:58 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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