Alert Issued for 17 Afghan Military Members AWOL From U.S. Air Force Base

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Fox News

A nationwide alert has been issued for 17 members of the Afghan military who have gone AWOL from an Air Force base in Texas where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English, FoxNews.com has learned.

The Afghan officers and enlisted men have security badges that give them access to secure U.S. defense installations, according to the lookout bulletin, "Afghan Military Deserters in CONUS (Continental U.S.)," written by Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Dallas and obtained by FoxNews.com.

The Be-On-the-Lookout (BOLO) bulletin was distributed to local and federal law enforcement officials on Wednesday night.

The Afghans were attending the Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The DLI program teaches English to military pilot candidates and other air force prospects from foreign countries allied with the U.S.

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The official further said that an unspecified number of the 17 have been caught. "A number of these guys have already been located or accounted for by now," the official said. "Some are in removal proceedings to be deported already. (Authorities) still need to locate the others, and that is why the bulletin went out."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/17/afghan-military-deserters-missing-air-force-base/

[EFerrari]

1. SNAFU!

[The Magistrate]

2. You Know, Ma'am, the Fact Is, We Just Are Not Any Good At this Empire Business

[amandabeech]

12. Maybe we should just outsource this to the British

in exchange for all BP's profits for the next 20 years.

Or maybe the Belgians.

[WCGreen]

3. I betcha they were out looking for western whore women and liquor...

[City Lights]

4. That's just swell. nt

[Ian David]

5. Do you have that from a legitimate source, or just Fox? n/t

[GP6971]

11. Army Times Also n/t

[Ian David]

6. From ABC News: 17 Afghan Soldiers Went AWOL from U.S. Military Base

17 Afghan Soldiers Went AWOL from U.S. Military Base
Military on the Lookout for Afghan Troops Who Deserted to Live Illegally in U.S.

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While there is no evidence of anything nefarious, authorities still want to locate the men to find out precisely what they are doing.

A total of 17 Afghans have gone AWOL from Lackland Air Force Base in recent years*, and authorities suspect the men used their assignment in the U.S. as a ruse to immigrate illegally and seek a better life.

"A routine bulletin was created to inform the U.S. law enforcement community {of} about 17 Afghan soldiers who have deserted in recent years while attending language training at the Defense Language Institute facility in Texas," said Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Brian Hale in a prepared statement.

There is no evidence, military and law enforcement authorities said, of a terrorist plot involving the men.

More:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/17-afghan-soldiers-awol-us-military-base/story?id=10956315

*"In Recent Years" = During Bush Administration

[dipsydoodle]

7. Probably been

watching the World Cup.

[Robb]

8. Jesus fucking Christ.

17 gone missing over several years. Many already accounted for. Yet Fox goes bananas.

[tabasco]

9. Funny how Fox "News" didn't report this during AWOL's residency

when the scary brown people went missing.

[Historic NY]

10. Probably driving taxi's in NY City.....

[Poll_Blind]

13. What the shit, my friends, what the shit. n/t

PB

[MetaTrope]

14. At least this time, the BFEE didn't have to go through all the trouble

of buying them civilian flying lessons in Arizona and Florida...

[quakerboy]

15. I gotta say

I cant blame them. I wouldnt care to be in the Afghani military. Obama seems to be sticking with the plan, but the worlds a crazy place, and who the heck knows whats coming down next. Escaping into the relatively benign US urban jungle, just a stones throw from Canada or sunny Mexico, all of which are relatively war on our soil free as of late, would definitely cross my mind in their situation.