Afghan Roadside Bombs Kill 6 U.S. Soldiers

(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.
By Associated Press Writer Amir Shah; AP reporter Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report

[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?"

[tautomer]

Obama kills a far higher % of civilians than Bush ever did. Obama's killed about 30 bad Muzzies and 150 civilians. The funny part was Obama first tried to deny killing the civilians, then when he was caught he tried to negotiate the number down. Then he "promised" it wouldnt happen again and it i did!!!

[tautomer]

Obama had 130,00 US troops a stones throw away in Iraq when the Iranians went off. He coulda had them in and out before the frinking turbans even hit the ground. Old Khameinei coulda looked like Swiss Cheese. Ahmedinejad coulda resembled a marshmallow thrown in a camp fire.Instead Obama "watched"..oh and was "very concerned".

[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.

[tautomer]

Which of my freedoms are they fighting for again? I can't recall any Afghans curtailing my freedom. They're fighting so that Obama's cronies in Halliburton, Exxon and Chevron can make money. Obama is fighting for a pipeline from Khazakhstan to the Indian Ocean. That's why he's now expanding into Pakistan.

Halliburton goes along for the ride, yes that;s right Obama is usiing the same Halliburton he once pretended to oppose! Don;t give us that hooey about "fighting for Americas "freedom"!!! We are less free than at any time in history!

The troops are fighting for our Oil Supply in Obama's War!

[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]

Obama's war for oil, financed by deficit spending against a country whose people have done nothing to us. In the end Exxon will be able to pipe Khazakh oil to the Indian Ocean as a result of Obama's incursion. Obama is killing civilians with his cowardly drones.

Obama's War is the same as Bush's War. It's just bigger and it will be costlier in terms of American lives. Obama doesn't care. His friends at Halliburton are happy as he pays them hundreds of millions, his friends at Exxon and Chevron are happy that they'll get their pipeline and his friends in the Defense Industry are happy to get the government contracts!!!

Obama = Black Bush!

[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

[gravyboat4000]

"LMAO"?

Americans die, and you turn into a partisan issue, and laugh?

How un American.

[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.

[nextgenman09]

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.

[Questionews]

nextgenman09

Don't worry. Obama & the Dems are catching up in the failure category quite quickly & should pass the Repubs by the end of next year! I don't think you give Dems enough credit in being able to exceed the Repubs in stupidity. Some party guy you are! No faith!

[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.