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BREAKING: Eight U.S. troops die in attacks in Afghanistan
MSNBC.com ^
| 10-04-09
| NBC News
Posted on 10/03/2009 10:46:57 PM PDT by montag813
Eight American soldiers and two Afghans have been killed in an attack on two outposts in remote eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
A tribal militia launched the attack from a mosque and a nearby village in Nuristan, one of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement. The Americans and Afghans repelled the attack and "inflicted heavy enemy casualties," the statement said.
In the U.S. statement, Col. Randy George described it as "a complex attack in a difficult area." The Taliban claimed responsibility.
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To: Monkey Face
That's for sure. I will never forget all the prayers said for our son during his two deployments. He could literally feel them........and so could we.
Powerful stuff!
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posted on
10/04/2009 12:37:00 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
To: jeltz25
“The issue for me isnt even so much the casualties”
I bet it would be an issue for you if it were your son/brother/sister/relative that got killed because the rules of engagement were changed to make it harder for our troops to defend themselves. There’s also a reason Obama’s general asked for more troops...the same reason there’s an increase in casualties right now. Your moral relativism makes me puke in my mouth a little. :)
282
posted on
10/04/2009 12:39:39 PM PDT
by
Cherokee Conservative
(Democrats - They can lose any war, no matter how backward and braindead the enemy)
To: ohioWfan
Since I was a military wife, mother, and widow, and now grandmother, I can’t remember when I wasn’t praying for service members around the world. It’s as natural as breathing.
283
posted on
10/04/2009 12:41:11 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
To: montag813; All
Absolutely heartbreaking each time we receive news like this. Many Prayers for these eight courageous men, all heroes, and their dear families. May God bless and comfort them.
284
posted on
10/04/2009 12:41:14 PM PDT
by
TAdams8591
(Lying is not only uncivil but immoral.)
To: Monkey Face
Oh, my! Thank you SO much for what you have done for this country! God bless you!
285
posted on
10/04/2009 12:43:03 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
To: ohioWfan
I really didn’t do anything except stay home, wait and pray. Still doing it!!
*blush*
But thanks...the honor goes to my brave family members.
286
posted on
10/04/2009 12:45:52 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
To: Monkey Face
I really didnt do anything except stay home, wait and pray. That ain't nothing! It's hard. And it's a BIG sacrifice. My heartfelt thanks.
287
posted on
10/04/2009 12:51:22 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
To: ohioWfan
And thanks for yours, too!!
288
posted on
10/04/2009 12:55:29 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
To: stop_fascism
Every death of an American soldier in Afghanistan can be laid at the door of our feckless CIC who is just as guilty as those Taliban or foreign islamist death squads who pulled the triggers or set off the detonators.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned...Obama preens in front of the OIC while American troops die in Afghanistan.
289
posted on
10/04/2009 1:04:30 PM PDT
by
ariamne
(Proud shieldmaiden of the infidel--never forget, never forgive 9/11)
To: stop_fascism
This would have been the lead story at a screaming level from the MSM networks and bold top front page headlines for the paper end of the obama propaganda machine if Bush were still president. America run and run into the ground by the organized crime syndicate called the democrat party.
290
posted on
10/04/2009 1:08:12 PM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: stop_fascism
Karma will work in strange ways and the chickens will come home to roost.
291
posted on
10/04/2009 1:11:46 PM PDT
by
seoul62
To: Monkey Face
We’re here with y’all. It only took that “all knowing” twerp to start calling y’all names to show his true colors. Bravo for you and prayers are up big time today for all of our kids over there and the families here at home. Hooah!
292
posted on
10/04/2009 1:17:29 PM PDT
by
mazda77
(Rubio for US Senate)
To: mazda77
I figured he was out-numbered in this thread, anyway. And when he mentioned Kool-Aid in the same sentence with patriotism, I had his number!!
;o]
Thanks for the prayers and for watching my back! I appreciate that!
293
posted on
10/04/2009 1:34:43 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
To: Monkey Face
My pleasure and duty as a vet.
294
posted on
10/04/2009 1:35:54 PM PDT
by
mazda77
(Rubio for US Senate)
To: mazda77
295
posted on
10/04/2009 1:36:41 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
To: Pinkbell
Were President Bush still in office, the commanders in Afghanistan would have had the added soldiers they need YESTERDAY.
With Hussein, health care, the Olympics, and celebrating this anniversary are just higher up on the list than our soldiers that are bleeding, and being wounded, and DYING. It is sickening.
296
posted on
10/04/2009 1:39:36 PM PDT
by
FarRightFanatic
(It wasn't an election. It was a socialist coup.)
To: stop_fascism
This clown is actually making Jimmy Carter look competent
297
posted on
10/04/2009 1:40:45 PM PDT
by
massmike
(...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
To: Monkey Face
Please m’am, we don’t do it for your praises, we do it in the name of honor. You who have lost are paramount on our list next to God himself.
298
posted on
10/04/2009 1:42:47 PM PDT
by
mazda77
(Rubio for US Senate)
To: zimfam007
“So where is the MSM on this??? I mean isn’t this the war that Obambi campaigned on????”
You mean to tell me that they don’t have a daily American soldier death count running in the corner??? /sarc needed?
299
posted on
10/04/2009 1:44:26 PM PDT
by
FarRightFanatic
(It wasn't an election. It was a socialist coup.)
To: livius
Good points--I saw a show on the Weather underground, the SDS and other anti war groups from the 60's, it may have been on the History Channel, not sure. But you could see in the the 40 year old footage from their gatherings many posters and signs decrying the US soldiers as babykillers and murderers, along with support for the Viet Cong and many of these scum were also carrying the North Vietnamese flag. Guess where many the leaders of these groups are now?Sitting on the CIC's shoulder squirting poison into his all too willing ears!
Expect no support, militarily or moral, for our troops in Aghanistan, Iraq or anywhere for tht matter from this rabble that surrounds our feckless CIC, himself included
300
posted on
10/04/2009 1:52:08 PM PDT
by
ariamne
(Proud shieldmaiden of the infidel--never forget, never forgive 9/11)
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