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August Deadliest Month For U.S.

Troops In Afghanistan:So Far This Year, 403 International

Service Members, Including At Least 299Americans, Have Been Killed

Aug 30, 2011 By Deb Riechmann - The Associated Press [Excerpts]

KABUL, Afghanistan August has become the deadliest month yet for U.S. forces inthe nearly 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, increasing pressure on the Obamaadministration to bring troops home sooner rather than later.

The 66 U.S. service members killed this month eclipses the previous record of 65 killedin July 2010, according to an Associated Press tally. Nearly half the August deathsoccurred when insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter Aug. 6, killing 30 Americantroops, mostly elite Navy SEALs.
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Violence is being reported across Afghanistan despite the U.S.-led coalitions drive torout insurgents from their strongholds in the south.

Though American military officials predicted high casualties this summer as theTaliban try to come back after recent offensives, the grim milestone increasespressure on the Obama administration to withdraw U.S. forces quickly.

Aside from the 30 Americans killed in the Chinook crash southwest of Kabul, 23 died thismonth in Kandahar and Helmand provinces in southern Afghanistan, the main focus ofAfghan and U.S.-led coalition forces.

The remaining 13 were killed in eastern Afghanistan.

Besides the 66 Americans killed so far this month, the NATO coalition suffered the lossof 14 other troops: two British, four French, one New Zealander, one Australian, onePolish and five others whose nationalities have not yet been disclosed.

So far this year, 403 international service members, including at least 299 Americans,

have been killed in Afghanistan.

IRAQ WAR REPORTS

Resistance Action

(Graphic: London Financial Times)

Aug 29 (Reuters)

BAGHDAD - Three policemen on a foot patrol were killed by armed men in a speeding

car in eastern Baghdad, according to hospital and police officials.

FALLUJA - A parked car bomb went off in the centre of Falluja city, 50 km (32 miles)west of Baghdad, targeting an Iraqi army patrol, wounding seven soldiers sitting in anearby cafe, according to local police.

MOSUL - A parked car bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded a traffic policeman,when it went off in the northern outskirts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad,police said.


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BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off and wounded two policemen, in the Zaafaraniyadistrict of south-eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

AFGHANISTAN WAR REPORTS

Two Fort Bragg Soldiers Killed InAfghanistan

8.31.11 By Drew Brooks, Staff writer, The Fayetteville Observer

Two Fort Bragg soldiers died last week after being injured during an explosion in

Afghanistan.

Cpl. Devin James Daniels, 22, of Kuna, Idaho, and Cpl. Colby Lee Richmond, 28, ofProvidence, N.C., died on Aug. 25, according to a release from Fort Bragg.

Details on the incident were not available.

Daniels and Richmond were assigned to the 546th Transportation Company, 82ndSustainment Brigade. Both served as vehicle drivers and deployed in August 2010.

They were honored today in a private memorial on Fort Bragg.

"Cpl. Colby Richmond and Cpl. Devin Daniels were two great Americans serving thehallowed calling as a soldier for our nation," said Col. Christopher J. Sharpsten,commander, 82nd Sustainment Brigade. "Every day, they traveled the most dangerousroads in this world. They knew the dangers and bravely performed their duty. It was atragic loss and our most heartfelt condolences go out to their families."

Lt. Col. Greg Wagnon, commander, 82nd Special Troops Battalion, 82nd SustainmentBrigade, echoed Sharpsten's comments, according to the release. "We are deeplysaddened by the tragic loss of two great American soldiers who served our nationproudly," he said.

Daniels is survived by his wife and 8-month-old daughter, according to the release.

He joined the Army in 2008 and was assigned to the 546th Transportation Company inAugust 2010. He previously served at Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort Bliss,Texas; and Fort Leonard-Wood, Mo.

Daniels' awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, Army GoodConduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism ServiceMedal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon,NATO Medal, Combat Action Badge and Drivers Badge.


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Richmond is survived by his wife and 6-year-old son, according to the release.

He joined the Army in 2006 and was assigned to the 546th Transportation Company inMarch 2010. He previously served at Fort Hood, Texas; Camp Casey, Korea; and FortLeonard Wood, Mo.

Richmond's awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, ArmyAchievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal,Noncommissioned Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, OverseasService Ribbon, NATO Medal, Combat Action Badge and Drivers Badge.

Foreign Occupation ServicememberKilled Somewhere Or Other In

Afghanistan:Nationality Not Announced

August 31, 2011 Reuters

A foreign servicemember died following an improvised explosive device attack in easternAfghanistan today.

Minn. Soldier Killed In AfghanistanAugust 15, 2011 by MARK BRUNSWICK AND MARY LYNN SMITH, Star Tribune

A 29-year-old graduate of Fosston High School was killed Sunday in Afghanistan.

The parents of Sgt. Matthew Harmon, who had deployed to Afghanistan about a monthago, were notified early Monday morning that he had been killed by an explosive devicethat hit his vehicle while his unit was attempting to recover another bomb-damagedvehicle.

It was his first deployment to Afghanistan, although he had served two previous tours in

Iraq, said his father, Tom Harmon.

"We heard that it was hit by an explosive device on the road and while they were in theprocess of recovering it there was a secondary explosion and that's what killed him," hesaid.


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A local family learned Thursday that their 19-year old Marine son, LCpl Travis Nelson,was shot and killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province,Afghanistan.

Travis Nelson a member of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd MarineDivision, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. had been in Afghanistan

for about a month.

His 19th birthday was just two weeks ago.

Travis attended Bratt Elementary School from the first through fifth grades and ErnestWard Middle School through the seventh grade. His family then moved to Pace, wherehe attended Pace High School.

Travis grew up in a military family. Friends said Thursday night that they remember ayoung Travis always had two things on his mind fishing and growing up to join themilitary.

He had the military in his blood growing up, said close family friend Janet Little Cooperof Bratt, who watched Travis grow up with her son. Thats what he always wanted. Henever faltered on that.

Chris Chambliss agreed. He coached Travis in Northwest Escambia baseball atBradberry Park in Walnut Hill.

He talked about the military a lot when he was young. He always wanted to be a Marinewhen he became a young man, he said.

His parents, Beckie and Scott Nelson, moved back to Bratt about a year ago. His sister,Anna, will begin the sixth grade Monday at Ernest Ward Middle School.

Travis was engaged to Madeline Cates of Pace; She had recently moved to Bratt to livewith the Nelson family to await Travis return from Afghanistan.

Funeral arrangements are not yet complete.

POLITICIANS CANT BE COUNTEDON TO HALT THE BLOODSHED

THE TROOPS HAVE THE POWER TOSTOP THE WARS


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BEEN ON THE JOB TOO LONG:HOME, NOW

A U.S. Marine 12th Marines based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, waits to be shuttled out for anight patrol July 27, 2011 at Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge in Kajaki, Helmandprovince, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)...

U.S. Marines with the 12th Marines based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, hiking down from amountain top observation point in the midday heat, July 30, 2011 in Kajaki, Helmandprovince, Afghanistan.


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U.S. Marines with the 12th Marines based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, hiking down from amountain top observation point in the midday heat, July 30, 2011 in Kajaki, Helmandprovince, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)...

U.S. Marine sits at patrol base in the Gereshk Valley, Helmand province, southernAfghanistan, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)


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A U.S. Marine after mission, at a patrol base in the Gereshk Valley, Helmand province,southern Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)...

U.S. soldiers from 2nd battalion 27th infantry (the Wolfhounds), Task Force NO FEAR,at OP Mace in eastern Afghanistan Naray district, Kunar province near the border ofPakistan early August 27, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola Solic


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LIBYA WAR REPORTS

One Thing Is Certain: The PeopleAre By No Means Passive, And AreNot In The Mood To Exchange One

Tyranny With AnotherWhy The CIA Would Have Plotted To

Get Rid Of Qaddafi I Dont Know;

Qaddafi Was Not Only Selling Oil ToWestern Companies, He Was Torturing

Rendered Islamists On AmericasBehalf

Aug 30, 2011 by Robin Yassin-Kassab,Pulsemedia.org

Somebody said to me recently, The Libyans will soon be doing business with Israel,whether they like it or not.

Here we go again: the assumption that the Libyans have no agency of their own, evenafter theyve so dramatically taken the initiative to change the course of their own history.

Yes, Libyans took help from NATO, Qatar, and the UAE when they found themselveswith no other option.

This doesnt mean they are fated to be slaves of the West. Even Iraq doesnt dobusiness with Israel, and Iraq has suffered a full-scale US occupation.

Such easy assumptions about the Libyan people arise from racism, usually of theunconscious, well-meaning variety.

This racism consists, first, of indifference to the peoples plight under Qaddafi, oroutright denial of their plight.

The rose-tinted view of life under the dictator is reminiscent of the Zionists who assureus that Gaza has swimming pools and shopping malls and that Palestinian Israelis livebetter than any other Arabs.


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The rush to highlight the crimes of the revolutionaries (sometimes relying on Qaddafiregime propaganda) is accompanied by silence over the far greater crimes of the quasi-fascist tyranny.

Libyans (and, to a degree, Syrians) are seen as passive tools in the hands of thedevilishly clever White man, as childlike people who dont know their own best

interests, as people best advised to shut up and enjoy being tortured for the sakeof the greater anti-imperialist good.

The right of the Libyans to life and freedom, and to make their own decisions, becomesless important than the right of certain people to feel self-righteous.

Many anti-Libyan commentators have felt free to make sweeping predictions about Libyaand the Libyans without actually possessing any knowledge of the people or the country.

Where now are those voices who a few weeks ago predicted so confidently the divisionof Libya into east and west?

Or who informed us that the uprising against the tyrant was in fact a tribal civil war?

Or that Tripoli would never fall because Qaddafi had so much popular support there?

How do these people explain the almost immediate surrender of Qaddafis securityforces as soon as the revolutionaries arrived in the capital, or the fact that revolutionariesrose within the capital to greet their brothers arriving from beyond, or the masscelebrations in almost every neighbourhood as soon as it became safe to express realemotions?

Beyond racism, exaggerated conspiratorial overgeneralisations are a symptom ofperceived impotence.

Some believe that the CIA (or whoever) is behind not only the revolutions in Libya (whythe CIA would have plotted to get rid of Qaddafi I dont know; Qaddafi was not onlyselling oil to Western companies, he was torturing rendered Islamists on Americasbehalf and controlling cross-Mediterranean migration for the EUs sake) and Syria, buteven in Tunisia and Egypt.

Such theorists believe, whether they admit it or not, that change through politicalaction is an impossibilty, that mass mobilisations, and the courage to take onarmed goons with empty hands and bare chests, cannot be real.

The logical correlation of this belief is that the sole purpose of the left is to whine about

the state of the world, but never to actually change anything.

At the start of the 20th Century the left could have been criticised for underestimating thedifficulty of establishing a fairer society; at the start of the 21st Century, sections of theleft, particularly the Western left, must be criticised for the opposite.

Libyans will certainly do business with the West, just as Qaddafi did before.


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Libya needs to sell oil to make its economy work and to build the infrastructure thatQaddafi failed to build.

(If Libyans require advanced medical treatment, they go to Tunisia a much poorercountry).

Libyans will no doubt prefer to do business with the Western countries that gave themsupport than with such powers as Russia, which gave succor to their oppressors.

If Libyans are in the driving seat, making their own decisions, this is fine. Yetcertainly the danger exists that in their gratitude and amid the current chaosLibyan officials will make too many concessions to Western power.

Britain, France and others will be working hard behind the scenes to ensure suchan outcome, and the Libyans should be very wary.

Many of the first signs out of post-Qaddafi Libya are good.

Although the Transitional Council has failed to make a strong statement against racistattacks on African migrant workers (by people who accuse every single foreigner ofbeing a mercenary), and although Mustafa Abdul-Jalil has unwisely called for continuedNATO action (until Qaddafi is captured and his remaining forces neutralised),Transitional Council officials have made clear that Libyan citizens (such as Megrahi) willnot be handed over to the West.

More significantly, protests have erupted in Misrata against the Transitional Councilsappointment of an ex-Qaddafi official to a security position in Tripoli.

Much of the Council is made up of old regime personalities. The challenge now will be todeepen the revolution while keeping the people as unified as possible.

Like Tunisia and Egypt, Libya is in the early stages of its revolution.

One thing is certain: the people are by no means passive, and are not in the mood toexchange one tyranny with another.

New Libya Government Tells UN ToFuck Off:

Refuses To Allow Foreign ProtectionForce Or Military Observers

August 31, 2011 By Dan Murphy, Staff writer, Christian Science Monitor

Muammar Qaddafi may still be on the run and Libya's National Transitional Council(NTC) still trying to find its feet in Tripoli.


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But a key element of a proposed United Nations plan for Libya drawn up by Ian Martinhas already been roundly rejected by Libya's interim leaders.

The BBC reports that Mr. Martin, tasked with drawing up the UN's post-conflict plans,said after a meeting with the UN Security Council yesterday that Libya's interim rulers

have ruled out the deployment of any sort of international force to the country.

Martin's original plan for Libya imagined up to 200 unarmed military observers plus an"interim protection force" for the observers, if the Libyans agreed.

That agreement hasn't been forthcoming. Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya's deputyrepresentative to the UN, told the BBC that there is no need for deploying peacekeepers.

"It is not a civil war, it is not a conflict between two parties, it is the people who aredefending themselves against the dictatorship," he said.

SOMALIA WAR REPORTS

Government Troops Kill Each OtherWhile Stealing Food From Starving

Somalis

31 Aug 31, 2011 Press TV

At least fifteen people have been killed and several others wounded after a gunfightbroke out between [U.S. government-backed] Somali government forces in southernMogadishu, Press TV reports.

Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops turned on each other in Makaal- Mukarama Road of Mogadishu's Kilometer 4 district on Tuesday evening as someTFG soldiers tried to steal aid portions for famine-hit Somali families, a Press TVcorrespondent reported on Wednesday.

The two sides exchanged heavy gunfire during the fighting. Nine government soldiers

and six civilians were killed as a result.

Nineteen people were also injured in the skirmishes.

According to the World Food Program, drought and the famine have affected more than11.8 million people in the Horn of Africa and created a triangle of hunger where theborders of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia meet.


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