surge update - 10 NATO Soldiers, Including Seven Americans Killed in Afghanistan

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Ten NATO service members, seven of them American, were killed in separate attacks Monday on the deadliest day of the year for foreign forces in Afghanistan. A U.S. civilian contractor who trains Afghan police also died in a suicide attack.

The bloodshed comes as insurgents step up bombings and other attacks ahead of a major NATO operation in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar that Washington hopes will turn the tide of the war.

Half the NATO deaths – five Americans – occurred in a single blast in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks said without giving further details. It was a grim reminder that the insurgents can strike throughout the country – not simply in the south, which has become the main focus of the U.S. campaign.

Two other U.S. service members were killed in separate attacks in the south – one in a bombing and the other by small arms fire.

NATO said three other service members were killed in attacks in the east and south but gave no further details. The French government announced that one of the victims was a sergeant in the French Foreign Legion who was killed by a rocket in Kapisa province northeast of Kabul. Three other Legionnaires were wounded.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/07/10-nato-soldiers-includin_n_603226.html

[howard112211]

1. Holy shit.

[HelenWheels]

2. Why, why, why

are we still in Afghanistan? Obama is on very shaky ground here. I protested every Friday for years against the war in Iraq and would be out there protesting this war if I were physically able. I am more than disappointed with Obama about this.