By now you are probably aware of another “green on blue attack“; politispeak for an Afghan army national, who we train and arm, turning his gun on US soldiers at a checkpoint…. Well, there’s more to the story…. there were 17 of the bastards:
First, the official media report: (Associated Press [AP] Version) –KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan soldier turned his gun on American troops at a checkpoint in the country’s east, killing two Americans and at least two fellow members of Afghanistan’s army in a shooting that marked both the continuance of a disturbing trend of insider attacks and the 2,000th U.S. troop death in the long-running war, officials said Sunday.

The string of insider attacks is one of the greatest threats to NATO’s mission in the country, endangering a partnership key to training up Afghan security forces and withdrawing international troops. (more…)