Another bloody weekend in Afghanistan saw at least seven US soldiers killed in a number of attacks, and several major battles reported across the nation.
NATO forces say that at least 30 insurgents, including 13 “would-be suicide bombers” were also killed when they tried to attack military bases and government buildings in Eastern Afghanistan.
One of the bases attacked was Forward Operating Base Chapman, which was the center of CIA activity in southern Afghanistan and Pakistan until an attack by a Jordanian “triple agent” attacked a CIA surveillance center there in December.
In addition to the fighting between the occupation forces and the insurgency, growing violence was also reported against campaign workers preparing for the upcoming Afghan parliamentary election. At least five campaign workers and one candidate have been confirmed killed over the weekend.
That was really a bad news for the US to lost a lot troops again.
Sean
There is no spike in "violence", there is a spike in RESISTANCE and OPPOSITION to Anglo-American aggression, occupation and invasion of Afghanistan, Afghans yearn for freedom and liberty, serfdom is not acceptable to everyone on the Planet. Mercenaries wouldn't have been killed had they not chosen to become professional murderers with veneer of legitimacy provided by the military might of the USA.
I doubt very much Afghans are "yearning" for freedom and liberty (certainly not in the SENSE any modern, educated person from the west would understand). When have they ever had either? The Taliban probably couldn't have come to power in the first place if they had gone against the grain of their country's culture. What you are saying here sounds dangerously close to George Bush-like rhetoric about how America "needs" to spread freedom. That having been said the war in Afghanistan is lost, has no strategic relevance (if it EVER did) and we should leave.
I a trying hard but I really cannot feel for those dead soldiers. I always get pictures of dead Afghani civilians in my mind along with grandstanding assholes from the American military. Add to this wikileaks images from Iraq and Afghanistan and you get my drift.
I have the same feelings, but simply because they are not draftees.
Try: OPPOSITION to Anglo-American ZIONIST aggression, occupation and invasion of Afghanistan,
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Troops that VOLUNTEER for service, their parents and their significant others, I have no compassion for whatsoever. They don't have one bit of business being overthere.
The voting majority, the 51% most aggressive and wealthy, all those with great jobs, terrific homes and deluxe healthcare, why do they refuse to stop their wars of plunder and brutality? Now if you don't know the answer, then you must be sharing in the plunder.
What you have to understand John is that America is for all practical intents and purposes is a one-party state.
7 More Heroes! Cmon folks swallow a flag! There will be 7 more parades in 7 more small towns, and people will bury any shred of a guilty conscious away by waving their Made In China USA flags as they parade the Coffin thru town! Enjoy! Have a party!
How many more do we need to waste?
Jane
If you volunteer to be a military pawn for our corrupt US government and its misbegotten foreign wars and occupations then don't be surprised when some of the natives shoot back.