Afghan Roadside Bombs Kill 6 U.S. Soldiers

Separate Suicide Bomb Attack Outside NATO Base Kills 2 Civilians, Wounds 14

(AP)  Last updated 10:55 a.m. ET.

A U.S. military spokesman says two more U.S. troops have been killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan, bringing to six the number of Americans killed Monday.

A roadside bomb targeting an American military convoy killed four U.S. soldiers in the northern Kunduz province, said Governor Mohammad Omar.

They were involved in the training of Afghan security forces.

Omar said two Afghan civilians were also wounded in the attack in the Ali Abad district.

In comparison to the country's south and east, northern Afghanistan is relatively quiet. But roadside and other insurgent attacks have been increasing in the last few years.

Navy Chief Petty Officer Brian Naranjo said two more troops were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the country's south. He did not have further details.

Meanwhile, officials said a suicide car bomber blew himself up outside the outer gate of the main NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing two civilians and wounding 14 other people.

Those wounded near the gates of Kandahar Airfield included 12 civilians and two Afghan soldiers, said Gen. Sher Mohammad Zazai, the top military commander for southern Afghanistan.

The incidents came as thousands of U.S. Marines in neighboring Helmand province mounted a major offensive against the Taliban. Over the weekend, insurgent attacks killed three British soldiers in the province, a militant stronghold and hub of the vast Afghan drugs trade.

[Sloughfoot]

Solarrays247 Have you read enough ahte mail?

[Solarrays247]

by tautomer July 6, 2009 2:12 PM PDT
You forget that while sistaining those 4000 casualties Bush was able to kill about 350,000 bad Muzzies. Not a bad ratio. The thing with Obama is that he loses more US troops than he kills of the enemy.


Are you including the tens of thousands of innocent children, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, grandmothers and grandfathers in your 350,000 count of "bad Muzzies?"

[armywife199]

Really??? Everyone??? Even the soldiers fighting and dying so that you can sit on your backside and type??? Lot you are doing to promote your freedom.....that's a really tough job you have there. Sit and type sarcastic replys about people fighting and dying for your freedom.

[winstrv]

What happened to the daily death count from the wars we are involved in? During the Bush administration the death count seemed to be very important and a daily feature. I guess now that Obama, a Democrat, is in office it is no longer important or no military members are being killed. When I think about the news coverage today, double standards and hypocrisy seem to fit more often than not.

[gravyboat4000]

by hower4 July 6, 2009 2:08 PM PDT
by nextgenman09 July 6, 2009 1:30 PM PDT
Its such a shame. If Bush hadn't failed so miserably and killed over 4100 Americans by invading Iraq for no reason and focused on Afghanistan like he should have, we wouldn't have 6 soldiers killed today because of Bush.
Republicans are such failures.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
What??????? If "Republicans are such failures", why the **** are the Democrats continuing with exactly the same doomed policy in Afghanistan?

hower4...How is Obama's policy in Afghanistan the same as GW's?

[tautomer]

"Hey! Luke, what's that there bedside the road in that Brown Paper Bag?"
I don't know Rufus, why don't I pull the truck up close an' you got out and kick it?"
"Sounds like a good idea to me, maybe it's got some heroin inside!!!"

(Rufus goes over and kicks the bag) KAAAAAABLOOOIE!!"

Our guys never learn. Obama and Nancy make them play by the book, wouldn't want to be mean to these lovely people!!! Mean is reserved for Palin!!! LMAO

[tautomer]

Obama will kill a dozen civilians with a drone, in retaliation.

[ajjaxtheleast]

We sent in Stinger missiles to down Russian helicopters
which was the last straw in their Afghanistan invasion.

If there is any way for Putin, under the table, to
return the favor count on it.

There's more working against us in Afghanistan
than meets the eye,,,born of abject hatred
for our last eight and a half year's of
military "projects" around oil-rich countries.

The lady and the chap from the UK want to know,,,
,,,the "reason" why we're there,,,it will help in
their search to know, if they dont already,
that they can eliminate whatever
"reasons" they've already been given,,

Myself I've been going with:,,,

About a year and a half ago several posters, not
me,,too lazy,,,dug up that in the works for
Afghanistan was a looong oil pipeline which
when completed would cut Russia out of
supplying many of the European countries
solely dependent on Russia for their
oil and gas supplies.

If we're able to run the adversaries up into
the mountains that will be our "success".

[ajjaxtheleast]

"OBOMBA" kills 6 American soldiers,,,,
,,,Not "roadside bombs",,,,

SIX count 'em SIX!,,, Each soldier with an average close
family of about 5 members ,,,=,,,30 people to thank
for Obomba continuing Bush's search for
governmental perfection,,,,,,,
,,in OTHER countries.

[ibsteve2u]

Too many miles of roads in Afghanistan...I don't think the number of casualties from this kind of attack can be prevented from escalating without either decreasing our reliance upon the road system or the permanent stationing of about 30 satellites in synchronous orbit above Afghanistan - and committing the computational resources required to detect, map, and alert to the occurrence of infrared sources transitioning from moving to stationary and, perhaps, back to moving again.

Lots of variables in the latter solution, though...how long does it take to bury an IED, or park an explosives-laden truck? What constitutes a false alarm? What is the proper reaction? What happens if the Taliban - or al Qaeda - starts using thousands of the el cheapo "survival blankets" that are available on global markets?

I would expect an increase in this sort of attack, were I a ground commander, particularly with the distribution of American forces to more numerous and smaller bases.