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2008-12-11 Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Police killed in mistaken US raid

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 DO NOT shoot at our Soldiers, and they will not shoot at you.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-12-11 00:13|| 2008-12-11 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I detect heavy spin on the part of someone and I don't think it is our folks. We don't drop bombs for the heck of it and that's a pretty hefty body count for mistaken identity. I suspect that raid was no mistake at all.

Posted by tipover 2008-12-11 01:12|| 2008-12-11 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Since when did the bad guys there start wearing uniforms?

Fuc& with the best, die like the rest.

Posted by gorb 2008-12-11 01:36|| 2008-12-11 01:36|| Front Page Top

#4 The statement said the police fired on US forces after the troops battled and killed an armed militant close to a police station in Qalat...

Pissed off that our guys chopped their bagman?

Posted by tu3031 2008-12-11 01:54|| 2008-12-11 01:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Or an automatic response to gunfire aimed in their general direction, tu3031. Like dogs growling in response to a perceived threat, gunfire seems in that culture to be an automatic expression of emotion rather than conscious response.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-12-11 08:27|| 2008-12-11 08:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Mistaken US Raid?
I sincerely doubt that. They were there to help their buddies. The fact that they were police might mean a lot in this country, but not Afghanistan.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-11 14:31|| 2008-12-11 14:31|| Front Page Top

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