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Seven U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday - five in a massive Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul that filled the streets of the capital with blood.
The attack brought the U.S. toll to a grim new milestone - 1,000 American soldiers dead in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, the independent Web site icasualties.org. reported.
A 42-year-old Canadian colonel also died in the morning rush-hour blast, along with at least a dozen Afghans.
"I saw one person lying on the ground with no head," said Mirza Mohammad, who was on his way to work when a van filled with 1,650 pounds of explosives rammed into a NATO convoy.
"Dead bodies were everywhere," said an Afghan cop. Many of yesterday's dead were women and children who were riding on a bus. Officials said more than 50 other people were wounded.
"A van driving very fast approached the convoy of foreigners and a huge blast went off," said government worker Noor Mohammad.
"I didn't know I was hurt. The explosion deafened my ears and I had a blackout."
The blast wrecked nearly 20 vehicles, including five SUVs in the NATO convoy, and scattered debris and body parts across the wide boulevard.
The body of a woman was smashed against the window of the bus. According to the Pentagon, 1,060 U.S. soldiers have been killed in the overall campaign, dubbed Operation Enduring Freedom, which includes casualties in other countries like Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who just returned from a trip to Washington, called yesterday's attack "heartbreaking."
The fighting continued into today as insurgents launched a predawn assault against the U.S.-run Bagram Air Field.
Seven militants had been killed during the "ongoing attack" on Bagram, which included rockets, small arms and grenades, a U.S. statement said. Five service members have been wounded.
The assault began when U.S. guards spotted attackers just outside the base and opened fire, sparking a gun battle, said an Afghan provincial police commander.
Source: NY Daily News
Kevin Eason is a freelance editorial cartoonist and Illustrator from New Jersey. His brand of satire covers news events in politics, entertainment, sports and much more.
Source: NY Daily News
Kevin Eason is a freelance editorial cartoonist and Illustrator from New Jersey. His brand of satire covers news events in politics, entertainment, sports and much more.
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By: RAYNARD on 5/19/2010 10:15PM
Whether you agree with the War or not we MUST support our troops. We need to RESPECT the sacrifices they make by serving our country, the sacrifices of their loved ones back home. Too many are made portrayed in a negative light. These are men and women who are on the front line for us. They are the first responders for our Nation's Freedoms. Yeah we all can find something to complain about, legitimate, or not. But we live in a country where we can have the freedon to realize dreams without a Police State, or Religious Police. Yes I can complain about many things, but I AM FREE. THANK GOD I AM FREE. ASK A FOREIGNER FROM AN OPPRESSED COUNTRY, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU WHY THEY RISKED LIFE AND LIMB TO GET HERE.
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By: ooozzzzz on 5/20/2010 10:42AM
I totally agree with RAYNARD, our troops need the full support and complete backing of the American public because of their daily sacrifices and efforts to fight terrorism and defend this country but this story on other media outlets was originally titled "1000 soldiers dead under the Obama adminstration" with the lead paragraph "almost half these deaths have occurred since President Barack Obama took office".
That totally untrue.
When President Obama selected Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the Commanding General in Afghanstan in June of 2009, soldiers deaths have drastically been reduced.
On August 30, Gen. Stanley McChrystal sent Defense Secretary Robert Gates a war assessment in which he said more U.S. troops--and a new U.S. strategy--are needed if the U.S. is to defeat the insurgents in Afghanistan.
Since that time, a total of 43 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have died in Afghanstan. That a significant reduction since it took nearly seven years to reach the first 500 soldiers dead and the war killed the second 500 soldiers in fewer than two years.
And 957 of those soldier and marine deaths occured under the Bush adminstration.
No one wants a soldier death but you need a plan of attack to fight terrorists and ensure soldier safety and miminal casualities and President Obama delivered on that unlike President George W. Bush.
So again REYNARD is right but many people in America are doing their usual hate spin and playing politics with soldier's deaths and the war all under the guise of 'the party of no" and the constant rants for the "failure of President Obama" when all those "opposing Obama" voices were completely silent & in total agreement when Bush/Chaney were overseeing 4200+ soldiers killed in Iraq and 957 killed in Afghanstan with their numerous flawed strategies.
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