An Afghan border police officer opened fire on U.S. troops during a training mission in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing six of them in one of the worst such attacks in the past year, according to Afghan and NATO officials.
The shooting occurred along the border with Pakistan in the Pachir Wagam district of Nangarhar province at a facility to train Afghan security forces, according to Ahmad Abdulzai, a spokesman for the provincial governor. A senior police official said the shooter had been recruited into the border police two years ago.
"I think the Taliban has worked on him," the official said.
The Taliban issued a statement praising the police officer, whom the group identified as Izzatullah, for the killings. The group said the man "joined the police force of stooge regime in pursuit of an opportunity to eliminate any number of U.S.-NATO invaders until he got one today."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112901420.html
It's bad enough that Obama is throwing our children's lives away fighting for the Afghans.
It's inexcusable to allow them to be killed by the Afghans.
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