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| Afghanistan |
| Border attack kills Army major |
| 2007-05-16 |
| Maj. Larry J. Bauguess was killed Monday when A Pakistani soldier also was killed and four paratroopers were wounded in the ambush. The paratroopers were being treated in Afghanistan, according to military officials in Afghanistan. Bauguess 36, of Moravian Falls, was the operations officer for the 4th Brigade Combat Team’s Special Troops Battalion. “He was where he wanted to be; next to his commander, on the ground, in the fight,” said Maj. Kenneth J. Ratashak, executive officer of the 508th Special Troops Battalion. “If he knew (today) would turn out the way it did, he would have gone anyway. That’s just who he was.” About 6,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division’s headquarters and its 4th Brigade Combat Team are in Afghanistan. Monday’s meeting was called to discuss recent fighting between Afghan and Pakistani forces. It was held in Teri Mangal, a small border town opposite Afghanistan’s Paktia province. Gen. Akrem, an Afghan army brigade commander who attended the meeting, told The Associated Press on Monday that A U.S. military official in Washington said U.S. soldiers had gotten into a truck and were preparing to leave when a Pakistani |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #4 Anyone got a clue as to how many troops we can supply via air and the MiscKanStan routes? Time seal off the ISI. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-05-16 17:54 |
| #3 Probably Frontier Corps - a paramilitary soldier |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-05-16 16:20 |
| #2 Guess the Paks haven't been able to sweep it all the way under the rug. |
| Posted by: Fred 2007-05-16 16:20 |
| #1 A U.S. military official in Washington said U.S. soldiers had gotten into a truck and were preparing to leave when a Pakistani militiaman walked up and opened fire. U.S. soldiers returned fire and killed the gunman, the official said. Doesn't sound like "militants" to me. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-05-16 16:02 |