US suffers deadliest month in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/27/matthew-hoh-afghanistan-resign-us
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The US has suffered its deadliest month in eight years of fighting in Afghanistan with the deaths of eight American soldiers today in bomb attacks in the south of the country.
A total of 55 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this month, nearly half of them in recent days.
The surge in deaths comes as President Barack Obama considers a request from the Nato commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, for tens of thousands more troops. It was also revealed that a senior American diplomat in Afghanistan has become the first US official to resign over a war he says is only being perpetuated by the presence of foreign troops and international support for a corrupt, unpopular government.
A total of 55 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this month, nearly half of them in recent days.
The surge in deaths comes as President Barack Obama considers a request from the Nato commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, for tens of thousands more troops. It was also revealed that a senior American diplomat in Afghanistan has become the first US official to resign over a war he says is only being perpetuated by the presence of foreign troops and international support for a corrupt, unpopular government.
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simall08
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what about the 85,000 afghans that have been murdered there since 2004?...wow eight americans die...get over it!
- 2 years ago
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simall08
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Bren589
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simall08:
This sickens me . How many more have to die. I do not care if it is our men and women or if its the people of Afghanistan. this war is not doing anyone any good. we need to get the hell out of that country now. Its not going to get any better , even if we stay. More bodies will be brought home in boxes. No one wins .. they just die. :(
- 2 years ago
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Bren589
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bansheewail
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The Russians are laughing at us.
- 2 years ago
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bansheewail
