3 GIs Among 6 NATO Deaths in Afghanistan
Deadliest day for the international force in more than two months
U.S. Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, walk as they embark on a mission from Base Delaram in Nimroz province, southern Afghanistan Jan. 11, 2010. (Photo credit: Marko Djurica / Reuters)
Jan. 11, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — Six NATO service members, including three Americans, were killed Monday in Afghanistan, making it the deadliest day for the international force in more than two months.
The Americans died in a firefight with militants during an “operational patrol” in southern Afghanistan, U.S. military spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks said. He declined to provide the exact location of the clash or their branch of service pending notification of family members.
The deaths raised to at least 10 the number of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan so far this year, according to an Associated Press tally.
A French officer was killed during a joint patrol with Afghan troops in Alasay, a valley largely under insurgent control that NATO is trying to reclaim. Another French service member was seriously wounded in the attack 50 miles northeast of Kabul. There were eight French troops in the patrol, said spokesman Col. Jacky Fouquereau.
NATO said another service member was killed in the clash but did not release the nationality. It said a sixth service member was killed by a roadside bomb in the south. …
The previous deadliest day for foreign forces was Oct. 27 when eight U.S. troops were killed. Seven CIA agents and a Jordanian intelligence officer also were killed by a suicide bomber on Dec. 30.
Bloody start to year
The year has gotten off to a particularly bloody start for the NATO-led force; last week, four Americans and one British service member were killed in a single day.
Officials said earlier Monday that bombs killed another American service member and two Afghan road construction workers in separate attacks Sunday in southern Afghanistan. …
Journalist killed
The attack occurred a day after a British correspondent and a U.S. Marine were killed by a roadside bomb in the same area.
Video
British reporter killed (NBC News, Jan. 10, 2010) — A deadly explosion outside a village in southern Afghanistan killed a veteran war correspondent who became the first British journalist killed in the conflict. (01:49)
Sunday Mirror journalist Rupert Hamer, 39, was the first British journalist killed in the conflict.
Hamer and photographer Philip Coburn, 43, were accompanying a U.S. Marine patrol Saturday when their vehicle was hit by a makeshift bomb near the village of Nawa, the British Defense Ministry said. Coburn was seriously wounded. …
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1/13/10 Update
2 U.S. Troops, 4 Afghan Soldiers Killed
By Amir Shah
Jan. 13, 2010
KABULÂ — Two U.S. service members died and four Afghan soldiers were killed in separate explosions Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, an area of the nation rife with violence, officials said.
Nine members of the Afghan National Police were injured Wednesday in other incidents.
NATO said the two American troops died in a bomb blast, but disclosed no other information. Their deaths bring to 12 the number of American troops killed in Afghanistan so far this month; 16 other soldiers from the international coalition have died this month. …
Separately, NATO reported Wednesday that Afghan and international forces patrolling in Helmand province on Jan. 10 uncovered a cache of explosives and bomb-making equipment. The patrol found nine jugs of homemade explosives totaling 250 pounds, a dozen bomb pressure plates, radio-controlled bomb devices and 35 pounds of ammonium nitrate-based fertilizer, NATO said. The explosives were rigged to detonate with a cord and 200 rounds of machine gun ammunition.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — January 11, 2009
A November 2005 photo shows the nuclear enrichment plant of Natanz in central Iran. (Photo credit: Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA)
Bush Nixed Israeli Plea to Hit Iran
One-year retrospective: One year ago today, I reported that President George W. Bush in 2008 rejected a plea from Israel to help it raid Iran’s main nuclear complex, opting instead to authorize a new U.S. covert action aimed at sabotaging Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program, according to the New York Times.
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