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How many in the military have been ambushed and killed at close range by trusted “moderates” wearing the uniforms of the Afghan and Iraqi military?


20 posted on 09/19/2014 5:41:50 PM PDT by Sasparilla
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Some data on the Afghan stats:

II. DATA SUMMARY
The following data will be updated on an ongoing basis to reflect any new attacks.

The Long War Journal’s data covers green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan from Jan. 1, 2008 up to the present. As of Sept. 16, 2014, there have been a total of 89 attacks reported.

Total number of attacks per year:

2014 - 4
2013 - 13
2012 - 44
2011 - 16
2010 - 5
2009 - 5
2008 - 2

Total number of attacks per province:

Badghis - 4
Baghlan - 1
Balkh - 2
Farah - 2
Faryab - 2
Ghor - 1
Helmand - 19
Herat - 2
Kabul - 6
Kandahar - 16
Kapisa - 4
Kunar - 1
Laghman - 3
Nangarhar - 3
Paktia - 5
Paktika - 5
Uruzgan - 4
Wardak - 5
Zabul - 2
Unknown - 1

Numbers of Coalition troops and affiliates killed and wounded by green-on-blue attacks:

The total number of Coalition deaths from green-on-blue attacks for the period Jan. 1, 2008 to the present is 144. The total number of Coalition wounded is 183.

Green-on-blue deaths per year, and percentage of Coalition deaths caused by such attacks:

2014 - 4 - 6%
2013 - 14 - 9.9%
2012 - 61 - 15%
2011 - 35 - 6%
2010 - 16 - 2%
2009 - 12 - 2%
2008 - 2 - less than 1%

Green-on-blue wounded per year:

2014 - 26
2013 - 29
2012 - 81
2011 - 34
2010 - 1
2009 - 11
2008 - 3

Total number of green-on-blue deaths per province:

Badghis - 5
Baghlan - 3
Balkh - 4
Farah - 3
Faryab - 2
Helmand - 34
Herat - 3
Kabul - 13
Kandahar - 17
Kapisa - 10
Kunar - 1
Laghman - 8
Nangarhar - 8
Paktia - 6
Paktika - 7
Uruzgan - 6
Wardak - 8
Zabul - 5
Unknown - 2

Total number of green-on-blue wounded per province:

Badghis - 4
Baghlan - 6
Balkh - 2
Farah - 3
Faryab - 2
Ghor - 2
Helmand - 32
Herat - 1
Kabul - 18
Kandahar - 40
Kapisa - 22
Kunar - 2
Laghman - 6
Nangarhar - 2
Paktia - 8
Paktika - 4
Uruzgan - 5
Wardak - 17
Zabul - 5

Reported fate of the attacker(s):

Killed (includes death by suicide attack and killed after fleeing) - 47
Captured - 26*
Wounded (not known if also captured) - 6
Fled after attack- 36
Escaped following capture - 1
Unknown - 3

* Includes 11 suspects detained in an incident on Feb. 20, 2012.

Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/green-on-blue_attack.php#ixzz3DoSryrLn


24 posted on 09/19/2014 5:55:10 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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