4 American Military Personnel Die in Afghanistan

[maddezmom]

Source: NYT

Published: November 23, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four United States troops have died fighting in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, NATO said in a statement Monday, as the Obama administration continued deliberations on increasing the number of American forces here.

Three died on Sunday in southern Afghanistan in two separate incidents. One was killed in a small arms attack by insurgents and the other two when a roadside bomb exploded. A fourth service member died in eastern Afghanistan Monday in a roadside bomb attack. American soldiers are primarily fighting in southern and eastern Afghanistan.

The United States has some 68,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, but the White House is considering increases suggested by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American and NATO commander in Afghanistan, of up to 40,000 soldiers.

If that number of soldiers were sent, it would enable American commanders to bolster forces particularly in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand which are at the epicenter of the insurgency by the Taliban while also sending more troops to eastern Afghanistan and committing personnel to train Afghan forces, according to military analysts in Washington.



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[saigon68]

1. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

WHAT MORE CAN WE SAY ?

[excess_3]

2. where is Cindy Sheehan? .nt

[Soylent Brice]

3. FUCK THAT. where's the outrage of the american public??

we need millions of Cindy Sheehans.

[Soylent Brice]

4. .

K&R

[Soylent Brice]

5. 3 hours later and only 3 people have anything to say about this??

my earlier comment appears justified.

unfuckingbelievable.

[Better Today]

7. Why unbelievable? Anything that occurs on a regular enough basis loses its outrage factor.

Hearing about 4 more dead soldiers . . . big deal. Sorry but that's the truth, not pretty, another casualty of war ongoing for 8 years is the caring about casualties therein.

[robo50]

9. Just got here. I have been off "dithering" all day.

We need millions, yes, but we are living in a world of outrage overload.


The media would rather cover Sarah Palin than a war.

[TexasObserver]

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[harun]

8. k