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2009-08-10 Afghanistan

Roadside Bomb Blast Kills Afghan Soldiers

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Posted by Fred 2009-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 Either the bomb disposal training of the Afghan Army is extremely poor, or the Taliban have begun to booby-trap their IEDs to explode when anyone attempts to defuse them.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-08-10 13:42|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-08-10 13:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Could be both, OP.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-10 13:49|| 2009-08-10 13:49|| Front Page Top

#3 I watched the movie, "The Hurt Locker" on anti-bomb operations in Iraq. If the film is accurate, then field practises are insane. Depicted soldiers are shown exposing the bombs while protective units eye-ball the area to see if someone in the open (!) has a cell phone detonator. My logic reads: where locals are doing nothing to stop bomb planting, suspected bomb plant sites should be destroyed by remote counter-bombing. As for local damage, there won't be any if the public reports same.

Posted by Unitle Borgia4836 2009-08-10 20:16|| 2009-08-10 20:16|| Front Page Top

#4 My logic reads: where locals are doing nothing to stop bomb planting

There's this little thing called 'retaliation'. Perhaps you've heard of it.

Say a local calls in an IED planting. That night, or the night after, he disappears or he and his family are found mutilated and hanging from the rafters of their hut. If they're lucky, the rest of the village is spared.

Until the Afghanis start providing protection, you aren't gonna see local involvement.

Posted by Pappy 2009-08-10 21:28|| 2009-08-10 21:28|| Front Page Top

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