Re: Twice As Many Soldiers Died in Afghanistan In 2009 As In 2008
Satish Kumar
wrote:
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Pakistan has become the nursery of terrorists. Osama Bin Laden's
refuge in Pakistan is only the tip of the iceberg. All sorts of
terrorist organizations have spawned in the country - Taliban, Al
Qaeda, Jamaat-e-Islami, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Josh-e-Muhammad, Sipah-e-
Sahaba - you name it and it is in Pakistan.
It is to mankind's benefit to do everything possible to rid Pakistan
of these vermins. And it is to the benefit of the vermins too, They
can go to their Paradise and live there an eternity inside the
orifices of 72 Houris and 28 pearl like boys.
> 008 As American forces in Afghanistan wait for the first wave of surge
> troops to arrive early next year, the death toll of coalition forces
> in Afghanistan this year has climbed to 506, twice last year's total.
> According to AFP, the arrival of more troops earlier this year led to
> an escalation of fighting, and therefore fatalities, in the southern
> provinces of Helmand and Kandahar. With the arrival of more than
> 30,000 more troops next year, casualties are expected to increase even
> further. When he visited Kabul earlier this month, U.S. Joint Chiefs
> of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen warned soldiers that the killing
> will get worse before it gets better. "I told our troops heading here
> to steel themselves for more combat and more casualties," he said.
> Most of this year's coalition deaths were the result of roadside
> bombs, not direct combat, meaning the casualty rate is far higher than
> the death rate. NATO officials estimate that every IED death is
> accompanied by eight other casualties, some of them "horrendous"
> injuries including traumatic brain injury and the loss of limbs or
> eyes.