It's high time to roll up this operation ... Operation Enduring Freedom. Rename Afghanistan "New Nevada Test Site"
Posted on 08/12/2012 8:20:40 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Pendleton captain killed by Afghan police
SAN DIEGO - A captain based at Pendleton was one of three Marines killed Friday in Helmand province by an Afghan police officer with whom he had just shared a meal, it was reported Saturday.
Matt Manoukian, 29, of Los Altos Hills, was killed after being invited by an Afghan police commander to a meeting in Sangin district, long a Taliban stronghold, to discuss security issues, The U-T San Diego reported.
Before the meeting, Manoukian and the other two Marines killed shared a meal with their killer.
The attack was the third of its kind in a week.
The shooter, identified as member of the Afghan National Police, got away, the newspaper reported. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi told The U-T the attacker joined the insurgency after his attack Friday.
"Now, he is with us," Ahmadi said.
In July, Manounkian told The U-T he trusted Afghan forces as his partners in a joint mission of "security, governance and development. It's a full-spectrum operation."
In 25 attacks this year, 31 U.S. coalition service members have died at the hands of Afghan forces or insurgents disguised in Afghan uniforms, according to NATO.
There were 11 such attacks and 20 deaths last year, according to an Associated Press count.
Each of the previous two years saw five such attacks.
Manoukian, the son of two judges, joined the Marine Corps about seven years ago.
He was on his fourth deployment, his second to Afghanistan.
"He loved the Marines," his father, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Socrates "Peter" Manoukian said.
"He loved America. He loved people who were different than him. He was the ultimate tough guy, and if he was on your side, you were going to have a good day."
At 6 feet 3 inches, he was offered a chance to walk on to the football team at UCLA, his father said, but decided to attend the University of Arizona, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 2005.
Peter Manoukian, whose family is of Armenian heritage, said his son talked about becoming a Marine since he was 10.
He said his son, who spoke Arabic, bonded with the Afghani people and helped open a school and set up a police station in Anbar province, among other things.
``We were always worried because we knew he would always run to trouble. He wanted to help. He was a heat-seeking missile," his father said.
The deployment was to be Manoukian's last, his father said, adding that his son had been accepted at a law school.
He is survived by his mother, Associate Justice Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian, a member of the California Court of Appeal's Sixth Appellate District since 1989; and brothers Michael, 27, and Martin, 22.
His family and local Marines were making funeral arrangements Friday.
Betrayal and murder are the cornerstones of Islamofascism, um, I mean "The Religion of Peace." There is a special place in Hell for this Afghan-Taliban scum.
well so much for that tribal bs about protecting your guests
It's high time to roll up this operation ... Operation Enduring Freedom. Rename Afghanistan "New Nevada Test Site"
Prayers for his family,Fatima
RIP, Captain Manoukian.
Islam is a war plan.
To me this shows exactly the difference of our side of the world vs the other side. We have a conscience, they don’t. They are despicable.
Find whatever crap hole village this sub human scum hails from and level it. Kill every living thing in it, men, women, children, dogs, costs, and goldfish.
The level it again. And while we are at it put their poppy fields to the torch.
Then kill them all again
It’s pasttime for our troops to come home and defend our own borders. The hell with the rest of the world. They hate us anyway; we may as well give them a good reason.
How like Judas Iscariot. He sat down and ate with innocent men then killed them.
(1) Get all our people out.
(2) If this crapistan is involved in any other attack on America, glass (as in nuke) it to dust. And then glass the dust.
PS JR copied in case this post is over the line per his house rules.
Son of a bitch. Need to halt operations with the Afghans totally. Get out. They’re killing us. Wait until 2014, when all remaining forces are “advise and assist” units. It will just escalate. Then when we leave it will be like the early 90s all over again. Good. Let them kill each other again. So much good was done for them, and so many people died for them, and for what?
Punishment to be effective must be:
1) Not so severe but swift and absolutely certain to punish the perp and to catch the criminal nearly 100% of the time.
Or...
2) Have a crummy record on catching the perp but when caught the punishment is HORRIFIC. ( Such as chopping off both hands).
Well...Neither of the above is being applied in Crapastan and we will continue to have problems with Muslim terrorism until we do either #1 or #2 or both.
Sadly...Americans ( all of us as a nation) just haven't been hurt badly enough......( yet). It is likely coming, though.
Find whatever crap hole village this sub human scum hails from and level it. Kill every living thing in it, men, women, children, dogs, costs, and goldfish.
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I am beginning to change my mind about the Old Testament.
Maybe God was right, when in the Torah, he gave your advice to the Israelites.
soetoro very satisfied.
Why the heck are we still there??? We should have left years ago, esp after getting OBL.
Maybe we should ask Obama. He likely has very good reasons considering his feelings about “all that for a damned flag” and the people who defend that flag.
Mr Karzai will very soon be calling the family, apologizing to the US, and sending a cash payment.
Right?
Something **really** has me wondering. At first, I was disappointed and now I am **alarmed**! Why?
It is our very highest military leaders.
1) These very highest guys with the maximum amount of brass on their collars **KNOW** that Obama posted forgeries. They **KNOW** he is using a fake social security number and that he fails e-verify. They **KNOW** that all is not on the up and up regarding his natural born status. Yet...They have done nothing. They have not legally and peacefully asked congress or the courts for clarification regarding Obama’s natural born status.
Question: Is this how they watch the backs of our brave, honorable, and very highly trained and motivated men and women in uniform? Is this how they show their loyalty to our nation's Constitution, flag, and **especially** our men and women in uniform when they pass down INSANE Rules of Engagement from a likely usurper posing as a Commander in Chief?
Ok...About this I am disappointed. Those families who have lost their husbands, wives, sons, and daughters are far more than” disappointed” and ditto for those who have been injured. These families are grief stricken.
2) Regarding the war game plan against an imaginary Tea Party, now has me **alarmed**.! What are these guys with the maximum brass thinking!!!
Maybe someone can explain this to me ( a simple civilian who loves her nation and is devoted to upholding the Constitution).
We can't just cut and run like you say.
That would be a cowardly and humiliating defeat for us.
It would undo everything we have worked for over the past 11 years.
We must continue this war as long as it takes and finish the job to create a sustainable Afghan government.
He is from my neighborhood. I know his cousin, can’t believe it. This is very tragic and personal.
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