July is deadliest month of Afghan war for US

[unhappycamper]

July is deadliest month of Afghan war for US
By Robert H. Reid
Associated Press Writer / July 30, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan—Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.

The three died in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan the day before, a NATO statement said Friday. It gave no nationalities, but U.S. officials said all three were Americans. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity pending notification of kin.

U.S. and NATO commanders had warned casualties would rise as the international military force ramps up the war against the Taliban, especially in their southern strongholds in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 reinforcements to Afghanistan last December in a bid to turn back a resurgent Taliban.

British and Afghan troops launched a new offensive Friday in the Sayedebad area of Helmand to try to deny insurgents a base from which to launch attacks in Nad Ali and Marjah, the British military announced. Coalition and Afghan troops have sought to solidify control of Marjah after overrunning the poppy-farming community five months ago.

In Kabul, a crowd threw stones and set fire to an SUV after a traffic accident Friday in which two Afghans were killed and two were injured, according to traffic official Abdul Saboor. SUVs are associated with foreigners, but Saboor said the occupants of the vehicle fled the scene.



unhappycamper comment: March 4, 2010: Analysis: Hard part in Marjah has just begun

March 9, 2010: Fiction of Marjah as City Was US Information War

March 10, 2010: 1-star: Marjah strategy has been effective

May 25, 2010: McChrystal calls Marjah a 'bleeding ulcer' in Afghan campaign

[VMI Dem]

1. Supporters of Obama's War have blood on their hands.

[saigon68]

2. Useless Deaths to Prop Up Karzai's Criminal Cabal

More God Star Mothers to grieve that their sons and daughters died for " FREEDOM"

whatever the fuck that is