3 U.S. Troops Dead in Afghanistan

(AP)  The NATO-led coalition says bomb attacks have killed three American troops in Afghanistan.

The international force says two American troops were killed in an explosion in the troubled nation's east on Friday.

Another U.S. service member was killed the same day in a bombing in the south.

CBS News' Special Report: The Road Ahead

The coalition announced the deaths in a statement Saturday. No further details were released.

The deaths bring to 28 the number of American service members killed in Afghanistan this month, according to an Associated Press count.

[noloyalisti]

We will keep fighting these wars for the big corporations until we realize who runs the country: big money and big corporations.

We the People are letting them kill our young using our taxpayer money. They love war and death and killing. It is up to US to stop them. ANd the first thing we need to do is admit the problem.

[decotoguy]

Tell me if I'm wrong,but I think these Taliban people are just like the RED-NECKS here in America.The point is,there will always be RED-NECKS
in America.In fact,in some circles,being RED-NECK is an HONOR.
Afghanistan has old traditions handed down from generations,the
upholders of these customs will always seek new students.
Why not provide an alternative to being TALIBAN.
Try some DIALOGUE,COMMUNICATIONS...It's time to show COURAGE.

[jwesel1]

Bomb Attacks Kill Service Members in East, South; 28 Americans Dead in October. Where is our Commander in Chief, he is still in campaign mode in San Francisco raising funds for the 2012 election,
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The C-in-C who started this mess is now resting in TX.

[HGOODGUY]

sjc1

DREAM ON!!!

[gunnyh1]

Of course not knowing all the facts but from a simple observation it seems things became negative in Afghanistan shortly after the politicians got involved with rules of engagement etc....

[underdogus09]

When Israel attacks Iran this Fall, US troops from Kabul to Baghdad will get lit up......

[jwesel1]

Sorry, but you need to check your calendar. The autumn season is over.

[underdogus09]

The likelihood of American success in Afghanistan is at best dim and, at worst, heading inevitably toward a lose-lose situation. Given the impossibility of surgically identifying and killing a moving and elusive target, there are only two possible outcomes: killing a lot of civilians, or pushing the insurgency to the rest of the country, or both. After the Iraq debacle, are Americans ready for yet another unpopular occupation, protracted war and thousands of U.S. casualties??

[jwesel1]

there are only two possible outcomes: killing a lot of civilians, or pushing the insurgency to the rest of the country
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According to Soviets "Been there, done that".

[HGOODGUY]

I have two questions

1. WHY ARE WE IN AFHANISTAN??
2. DEFINE WHAT WINNING IS!!

Conclusion

SAME CRAP--DIFFERENT WAR!!!

[sjc_1]

1. No failed state havens for terrorists.

2. The Taliban are eliminated.

[sjc_1]

I would like to see more done to prevent road side bombs. We have heard news stories for years about IEDs in Iraq and now Afghanistan. We have ground penetrating radar, infrared cameras in UAVs and lots of ways we can see them burying the devices and detecting the presence of them. Maybe they are doing these things, but the deaths and injuries keep happening, we need to do better.

While we are at it, quite putting our soldiers out in small outposts and going on ambush ridden small patrols. This is just getting our soldiers killed, it does nothing to win the "hearts and minds" of the villagers. In fact, it attracts the Taliban to the villages to shoot at our troops and then the Taliban come in after to see if there were any collaborators.

[freedom_veteran]

IED's are unfortunately very hard to find and irradicate... I have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, and have seen first hand the effects of these deadly devices. They are simple, easy to make, easy to deploy, and can be very effective. Most of them are disassembled artillery rounds, and they basically take the impact fuse off the nose of the round and insert simple wiring into the demo, and connect the wires to basic detonation devices... They detonate them in different ways, some are connected to cell phones or hand-held radios, and when they want to detonate them, they simply call the cell phone or walkie-talkie sending the charge to the explosives inside...

It is a very complicated process finding these IED's. They can be hidden alongside the road, buried in the ground, and even hanged from trees... I've seen them all, and have survived more blasts than I care to remember. They are so easy to deploy; they can be put simply in a trashbag and dropped on the side of the road next to a pile of trash and the insurgent is gone in seconds... That is why they are so favored by terrorists. Especially in Afghanistan, the Soviets literally left behind millions of mines, weapons and all kinds of explosives, so getting the material to make them is not hard at all.

The outposts and Forward Operating Bases are an absolute necessity to win the fight in Afghanistan. Obama wants to pull away form these and focus in the major cities, which is going to be a huge mistake. We have to have these outposts to keep the Taliban from having access to areas that are remote and provide them a safe place to hide... Trust me, they are always over the next hill...

And in actuality, having these bases- regardless of what some media outlets and anti-war kooks who have never been in that country think they know what they are talking about- it does win the hearts and minds of the villagers. These FOB's are in remote areas where the Afghan people are extremely poor, and barely survive with what they have.
While these bases are primarily used to patrol and conduct combat operations out of, the times that soldiers are not on missions we are out providing care to the surronding villages... We support them by providing medical care, set up medical clinics, fund projects for them to provide clean water, and even send teams to care for thier livestock...

I am so sick of people portraying us as just going over there and causing civilian deaths and blah, blah, blah... What they don't understand is the good we are doing for that country. The Taliban are extremist warlords who tyrannize the people with thier Sharia Law, and believe me you would not grasp the visciousness of these people unless you have seen it first hand. I could go on and on, but I would just be wasting my breath with all the Taliban sympathizers that are going to slam this posting, but all that matters is I know I am right because I have been there...

Oh and for all of you who think we will fail because the Soviets did, you are no where near any valid prediction... That little saying, "winning the hearts and minds" might seem like a ridiculous statement, but it's not that far from reality. See, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan with their own version of that saying, but it was more along the lines of 'destroying the hearts and minds.' They came and outright killed civilians for no reason, village by village... With no regard or care, and in fact was what they did, was just wipe out any village that opposed them. So, in turn, they had to fight the entire population. In Kabul, they had converted some Afghans to communists, and these were the only ones that did not fight back. Essentially, every other Afghani was an insurgent in one way or another, helping to disrupt and destroy the Soviet forces...

Someone who compares the US to Russia in the way we are handling this war has no idea what they are talking about... They are just spewing forth random jargon to try and justify thier ignorance. They have no idea of the real history behind the Soviet occupation, and in fact are just another disgrace to the real and true Americans of this country: the Americans that fight for this country, AND the americans that SUPPORT our soldiers... Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and if you disagree with the war, that is fine. That IS your right. But if you do not support the soldiers themselves, then that is "Un-American."

[underdogus09]

Afghanistan where Empires go to die.....