(AP) Six U.S. troops were killed when insurgents ambushed their foot patrol in the high mountains of eastern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. The attack, the most lethal against American forces this year, made 2007 the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion.The lying criminals who led us away from the only mission we should have accomplished are still costing our country the lives of our military, in the country they have all forgotten.
The troops were returning from a meeting with village elders late Friday afternoon in Nuristan province when militants attacked them with rocket propelled grenades and gunfire, Lt. Col. David Accetta told The Associated Press.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
The Real Mission - That we never 'accomplished'
Six U.S. Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan