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.
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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.
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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.
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.
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing
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.
Looking back, at least under the Soviets, Afghanistan would have modernized somewhat.
First he’ll give a shout-out to some minority or celebrity, and then he’ll say it was a possible tragedy.
In other words, our "Friends" the Saudis.
Golf Course or Fundraiser? I think his next stop is Martha’s Vineyard for 2+ weeks.
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.
Obama will call for increased ‘common sense’ gun control measures.
Time for a round of golf anyone?
I’m pretty sure Obama will blame the TEA Party, ‘nativists’ and just about anybody else for his confused state of affairs.
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.
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.
If they are allowed to...
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.
Hey! Just doin’ what moozlums do.
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
...just to be sure...
“Folks, let me be perfectly clear. I deplore such workplace violence.”
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