15 Afghan Employees Of U.S. Company Killed

Taliban fighters killed 15 Afghan guards working for a U.S. security company who were guarding a convoy of fuel tankers driving through western Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.

Between six and eight vehicles with USPI - US Protection and Investigations - were guarding a convoy of fuel tankers when the Taliban attacked early Tuesday, said Farah Gov. Muhaidin Baluch.

Fifteen USPI guards were killed and five were wounded, Baluch said. One fuel tanker was set on fire and the militants stole one of USPI's vehicles, he said.

An employee with USPI said he did not immediately have any information to release.

Baluch said the tankers were traveling from the western city of Herat to a military outpost in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, the region that has seen the heaviest fighting in Afghanistan this year.

USPI is a Texas-based security company with thousands of employees in Afghanistan, mostly Afghan men hired to guard convoys and buildings.

Elsewhere in Farah, fighting between police and militants in Kaki Safe district left two of the militants dead, said Gen. Khail Buz Sherzai, the provincial police chief.

More than 6,300 people, mostly militants, have been killed in insurgency related violence in Afghanistan this year, according to an Associated Press count based on official figures. The country has also seen a record number of suicide bomb attacks - more than 140 - in 2007, the official said.
By Amir Shah

[babyj0205]

FEEL FREE1 YOU WOULD NOT LAST 1 day where i am from. We dont tolerate terrorist so that meas YOUUUUUUU

[samsel3]

The Caspian Sea pipeline which will go through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,Pakistan, to the gulf of Oman and possibly on to India & Nepal. It will be cheaper to construct if they can go through Iran, but regime change is necessary first. The Caspian sea area holds one third of the world''s oil and south asian oil markets are their target market. This pipeline was also the reason for the Afghanistan invasion. Cheney''s energy policy is the root of all these middle east wars, a federal court judge sealed all documents associated with it for the administration, and the national media are not allowed to discuss or comment on it. More troops are needed in Afghanistan to protect the contractors building the pipeline. Iran stands in the way of total control of global oil now with sales of oil to China''s Sinopec Oil,deal signed Dec.10,2007. Months ago China said there would be dire consequences if the US interfered with there direct oil contracts with Iran. Both parties in the Congress should be very concerned with China''s growing war machine and need for oil. They are the real threat & the administration doesn''t care they are in control!!! All that matters to them is BIG OIL and their corporate stock portfolios

[beehive21-2009]

That''s alot of men dead ? was it a overdose on the talibons drugs ? time to bomb the poppy fields,why has this not been done ?

[robertkjjj]

FeelFree1 is a pure 100% Muslim and Muslim apologist. Remember: when you are talking to FeelFree1, he is Muslim, he supports al-Qaeda, he hates America, he supports suicide bombers, and he supports funding terrorism. Know your enemy, and he is FeelFree1.

[feelfree1]

ToolMangler,

Re: "Feely, I ask this without malice, "Is there anything America can do to make you happy..."

I would be happy to either adhere to our Constitution, or to formally declare it void, and to hold those responsible for disgracing/looting our counry in such an acute fashion, to account.

Do you have any reservations about these goals?

Are you happy with the direction of our country?

[toolmangler-2009]

I look forward to the contract of this Texas-based terrorist organization being "cancelled" by the people of Afghanistan.

Posted by FeelFree1 at 04:26 PM : Dec 18, 2007


Feely, I ask this without malice, "Is there anything America can do to make you happy other than total abject surrender to Al Sadr, or Iran?

[feelfree1]

notblue,

Besides having no business calling anyone else a terrorist, you also have no business referencing the U.S. Constitution, as you clearly are not familiar with it, and have no respect for it.

[notblue]

FeelFree1, don''t insult us Americans by calling the constitution yours, it''s reserved for U.S. citizens.

[notblue]

FeelFree1, your "definiton" fits radical Islamists to a tee! Mass murderers, Starters of Illegal wars, Captures and tortures Americans, you forgot tellevised beheadings, burning and gragging of bodies, hanging bodies from bridges, fighting from mosques, the use of human shileds, perposful targeting of innocent civilians, total ignorance of Genva convention, imaginitve torture using elctricity, mechanical devises, portable drills, etc. etc.

[feelfree1]

Re: "USPI is a Texas-based security company with thousands of employees in Afghanistan"

I look forward to the contract of this Texas-based terrorist organization being "cancelled" by the people of Afghanistan.