Sat Aug 11, 2012, 04:39 AM

Second deadly attack on Nato-led troops in Afghanistan

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Source: BBC News

Two separate gun attacks on Nato-led troops in south Afghanistan have left a total of six soldiers dead, peacekeeping force officials said.

An Afghan civilian employee shot dead three soldiers, whose nationalities were not given, at a base in Helmand province on Friday.

On the same day, also in Helmand, an Afghan police officer shot three US marines after inviting them to dinner.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19221821

The first three died late on Thursday. See here ; http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014189435

This is another three who died on Friday..

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Second deadly attack on Nato-led troops in Afghanistan (Original post)	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	OP
Three more U.S. soldiers killed by Afghan in grim day for NATO	Eugene	Aug 2012	#1
You kind of get the feeling they don't want us there.	Comrade Grumpy	Aug 2012	#2

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 09:20 AM

Eugene (15,537 posts)

1. Three more U.S. soldiers killed by Afghan in grim day for NATO

Source: Reuters

Three more U.S. soldiers killed by Afghan in grim day for NATO

By Rob Taylor
KABUL | Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:49am EDT

(Reuters) - Three U.S. Marines have been shot dead by an Afghan worker on a military base in southern Afghanistan, in a deadly 24 hours for NATO-led forces during which six American soldiers were killed in rogue attacks.

The shooting took place on Friday night in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, where three U.S. special forces soldiers were killed by an Afghan policeman and comrades earlier in the day.

"Let me clearly say that those two incidents clearly do not reflect the overall situation here in Afghanistan," the chief NATO force spokesman, Brigadier-General Gunter Katz, told reporters on Saturday.

The three Marines were shot by a base employee who turned a gun on them, in the third rogue attack in four days. Foreign military sources said the man had not been wearing a uniform and it was unclear how he got hold of the weapon.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 12:37 PM

Comrade Grumpy (3,389 posts)

2. You kind of get the feeling they don't want us there.

That's okay; we seem to be gearing up for our next imperial misadventures anyway. On to Syria!

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