U.S. Service Member Killed in Afghan Blast

(AP)  A bomb killed an American service member in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Sunday, as Afghan police fired shots in the air to disperse up to 1,000 students protesting a rumor that U.S. troops burned a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran.

A U.S. statement said the American was killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan but gave no further details.

At least 34 U.S. service members have died in Afghanistan this month.

This has been the deadliest year for international and U.S. forces since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban. Fighting spiked around the presidential vote in August, and 51 U.S. soldiers died that month - the deadliest for American forces in the eight-year war.

During their protest Sunday, Afghan students burned an effigy of President Barack Obama and marched from Kabul University to the parliament building, where riot police turned them back with shots in the air. There were no reports of casualties.

One of the demonstrators, who gave his name as Zabiulllah, said "the people behind this humiliation should be arrested."

U.S. and Afghan authorities have denied a rumor that American troops burned a copy of the Quran during an operation two weeks earlier in Wardak province. They say Taliban supporters spread the false report to stir trouble.

The report has sparked similar protests in Wardak and Khost provinces.

[WrongIsWrong]

My colleague has an odd way of expressing himself, but I heartily concur with his findings.

[hungry1968-16]

by Yer2Wrong October 25, 2009 6:33 PM EDT
You seem to understand the sentiment.






I do understand.

Why do you think they've been blowing our troops up in Iraq and Afghanistan, while were there "nation building"?

It's not because they WANT democracy, dummbbass.

[hungry1968-16]

ROFL!!

I guess if that's the best you can do junior, run with it!!

[WrongIsWrong]

Ken McElroy would have agreed with you.

[robinspp]

Fox is a right wing extremist?s mouthpiece. We cannot expect any good news from them, other than hatred. I do not watch fox television. Bush and Mr. Dick the war mongers caused all these problems.

[picchip]

Hay bozos, you can't get what you want with out Democracy

[hungry1968-16]

They don't want democracy - what is so hard to understand about that?

[Yer2Wrong]

You seem to understand the sentiment.

[hungry1968-16]

by earth5661 October 25, 2009 4:14 PM EDT
You mean Mo ham mad the guy who had a six year old bride ?

Okee Dokee there Chuckie !






That was the christian cult down in Texas at the "Yearning for Zion Ranch", wasn't it?

[ffoulkes-2009]

Hungry, you mean the one that Texas authorities went into and arrested people and took the children away from? Yeah. Our state is very much against that crap. As are almost all the people here...the few exceptions are sitting behind bars now.

[hungry1968-16]

Love the picture on the top of the page:

"No Democracy - We Just Want Islam!"


I guess that's what we're over there fighting for, huh? That's the Bush legacy in a nutshell.

[hungry1968-16]

I would love to have democracy back in America.

How do we wrestle it back from the religious dingbats, (christians / the "religious right"), that hijacked our nation, and drove it into the ground?

[ToolMangler1]

I wonder if the ones carrying the signs were able to read them. (since they were in english)

[namvetdmz]

I am a 2 tour Nam Vet. and i can see bad things coming out of this crap in Afganistan and Iraq. How can we win against people who don't cherish life as we do. They kill themselves and their children so why should we keep dieing for these people.

[snaptrap1-2009]

it's seem like the whole world is a toilet and the united states of america is the paper... we have come to a point in which we need to stop trying to police the world and take care of our own nation. we have so many problems at home that we may never recover from them as it is. united states of america needs to gets on house back in order and let the rest of the world do the same...

[bubbadubba]

I don't blame the Afghans, who else would want a fake democracy like in the US where bribes from the wealthy and corporations control the country instead of the voters?
Our so called democracy is a joke. EVERYTHING that happens in Washington happens because of paid lobbyists and their "donations".

[ToolMangler1]

Either help fix it by running for office, accept it as is or move to Iran.

[bubbadubba]

Out of Afghanistan-Nam and I mean NOW.
We are in a real mess and we will eventually have to leave and nothing will have changed except for a lot more dead Americans.
Just like Vietnam.
Remember the "letter from a dead soldier" that was the big news for two weeks talking about what a great thing is was that we were helping the Afghans and how much they like us?
That was propaganda, I know, I have talked to several soldiers who were there and they said the Afghans hate our guts and try to kill us.
Here is true story, not propaganda from the oil companies who control the media and want that stupid pipeline through Afghanistan from the Caspian sea.

"A mile from South Station, an outpost of US marines in Helmand province, the tribal chief was openly hostile. ?The Americans threaten our economy and take our land for bases. They promise much and deliver nothing,? he said.

?People here regard the American troops as occupiers,? said Haji Khan, a leader of the Baluch tribe, who rules like a medieval baron. ?Young people are turning against them and in time will fight them.?

[ffoulkes-2009]

I don't care what your comrades the Taliban soldiers say about our troops being there.