Today's attack is the first in Afghanistan since Oct. 26, when an Afghan soldier wounded two Coalition troops in a shooting at a base outside Kabul. Last year there were a total of 13 green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan, amounting to nearly 10 percent of total Coalition fatalities for the year. That figure was down from a high of 44 attacks in 2012, according to Long War Journal statistics. [See LWJ special report, Green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan: the data, for more information.] The two fatalities from today's green-on-blue attack comprise 18 percent of the total Coalition fatalities so far this year, which have all been American.
The long lull in attacks since October is due in large part to the ongoing drawdown in Coalition personnel, which has greatly reduced partnering with Afghan forces, as well as enhanced security measures such as the use of "guardian angels" during joint operations
This incident has at least some of the earmarks of a classic ol’fragging. I mean the goat humper was actually, apparently, in the program versus a ‘bunny with a stolen uni. Maybe akmud was getting tired of getting caught with his girl goat what with the kidding and all, and maybe he was pulling too much latrine duty. After all, he probly refused to use the flush terlet, and didn’t understand why he had to clean it up anyway.
By way of comparison, the Israelis would have already knocked his family’s house down. My preference would be to knock his entire county down just to keep the home folks honest. Semper Fi
Thank you cousin Mike.
I shall use your data in an upcoming blog post of mine.