New York Times carried it in a World Brief, but not on the website:
"2 British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan... Two British soldiers were killed in a Taliban explosion, as they patrolled in southern Helmand Province, Britian's Defense Ministry said (AP)."
Here is the Globe's World Brief:
"2 British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan.... Taliban attacks killed two British soldiers and two Afghan police officers Wednesday in restive southern Afghanistan, while nearly 30 militants were killed elsewhere, authorities said. The two British soldiers were killed in an explosion as they patrolled in southern Helmand province, the UK's defense ministry said. Earlier yesterday, insurgents detonated a remote-controlled bomb under a police vehicle in neighboring Helmand province, killing two police and wounding three, said Abdul Manan, a local official."
Here is the full report OFF the WEB!
"2 British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan" by the Associated Press/September 6, 2007
KABUL -- Taliban attacks killed two British soldiers and two Afghan police officers Wednesday in restive southern Afghanistan, while nearly 30 militants were killed elsewhere, authorities said. The deaths were the latest in a surge of violence six years after U.S.-led forces invaded the country and toppled its Taliban rulers.
The two British soldiers were killed in an explosion as they patrolled in southern Helmand province, the UK's defense ministry said. A third British soldier and an Afghan interpreter were wounded, the ministry said, giving no more details.
Earlier Wednesday, insurgents detonated a remote-controlled bomb under a police vehicle in neighboring Helmand province, killing two police and wounding three, said Abdul Manan, a local official.
Also in Helmand, Afghan and coalition forces called in airstrikes Wednesday after coming under attack during a combat patrol, the U.S.-led coalition said. It said ''more than 24'' insurgents were killed.
In central Ghazni province, a joint coalition and Afghan force Wednesday killed ''several militants'' in a clash, a coalition statement said. A number of civilians were wounded, it said.
Afghan and coalition soldiers in Kandahar came under attack while on patrol Tuesday. They fought back before calling in airstrikes that killed ''over a dozen'' insurgents, a coalition statement said.
About 18 miles away, insurgents sheltering in a traditional low-walled Afghan compound attacked another joint patrol on Tuesday. Airstrikes later pounded the position, killing six insurgents, the statement said.
It was not possible to confirm casualty figures because of the remote locations of the fighting and the dangers of traveling there.
More than 4,200 people -- most of them militants -- have been killed so far this year in Afghanistan, according to an Associated Press count."
Another report:
"Over 40 Afghan insurgents killed" by Reuters September 6, 2007
KABUL - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 40 insurgents in a 12-hour battle in a restive southern province, taking the guerrilla death toll to nearly 200 in a fortnight, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Suspected Islamist Taliban insurgents ambushed a coalition patrol in villages in Kandahar province's Shah Wali Kot district with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, said a U.S. military statement:
"The extremist fighters were visually observed firing on the patrol from compounds located within the villages. Throughout the engagement, insurgents reinforced their positions with an estimated 150 additional fighters. Coalition aircraft destroyed the positively identified enemy firing positions with precision guided munitions."
The Taliban were not immediately available for comment, and there was no independent account of how many people were killed or what had happened.
The U.S.-led military says coalition forces have killed hundreds of Taliban in a spree of confrontations in recent weeks. The Taliban have admitted some losses, but say Afghan and foreign troops vastly exaggerate enemy death tolls.
Wednesday's fighting came as two British soldiers and more than two dozen Islamist Taliban insurgents were killed in southern Afghanistan in separate incidents, the U.S. military and British Ministry of Defense said.
The two soldiers from the 2nd Batallion The Mercian Regiment were killed when an explosion hit their vehicle in the restive southern province of Helmand. A third soldier and a civilian interpreter were also wounded.
More than 7,000 people have been killed during the past 19 months in Afghanistan, the bloodiest period since the resurgent Taliban's overthrow in 2001."
[Good Lord, it is a bloodbath!!!
Mostly Afghani blood! I AM SO SORRY, Afghanis!
I don't know what else to do!
And another!]
"Two UK troops and dozens of Afghan Taliban killed" by Reuters September 5, 2007
KABUL (Reuters) - Two British soldiers and more than two dozen Islamist Taliban insurgents were killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, Britain's Ministry of Defence and the U.S. military said.
The two British soldiers were killed when an explosion hit their vehicle in the restive southern Helmand province, the ministry said in a statement. A third soldier and a civilian interpreter were wounded.
The ministry said: "The soldiers were taking part in a routine patrol 17km (10 miles) north of Lashkar Gah when one of their ... vehicles was caught in an explosion."
In a separate incident, Afghan police and U.S.-led coalition troops backed by air strikes killed more than two dozen Taliban fighters when their patrol was ambushed in the same province, the U.S. military said.
Afghan police and U.S.-led coalition soldiers on patrol near Anjir Shali village, about 17 km northwest of Sangin in Helmand province, were ambushed by Taliban insurgents, the U.S. military said in a statement:
"The insurgents attacked the patrol with small-arms, machinegun and rocket propelled grenade fire from several buildings within the village limits. Coalition aircraft conducted strikes on the positively identified enemy positions."
The Taliban had no immediate comment and there was no independent account of how many people were killed.
A provincial official said separately that several civilians were killed in an operation by U.S.-led troops against suspected Taliban fighters in Ghazni province in the south.
The U.S. military confirmed the operation but said the victims were militants. It said some non-combatants were also wounded.
The U.S.-led military says coalition forces have killed hundreds of Taliban in a spree of confrontations in recent weeks. The Taliban admit some losses during that period, but say Afghan and foreign troops vastly exaggerate enemy death tolls."
[So how many different articles and how many different versions did you count, reader?
And NONE of them in my Zionist-controlled WAR DAILIES!!!
Now WHY would that be, reader? I know you know why!!!
And here is a great analysis from up nawth!
"Invisible Afghan casualties" by Linda McQuaig September 04, 2007
"It's often noted that each death of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan erodes public support for the war. What is infrequently noted is the way, with each death, the Canadian media seems to ratchet up its support for the war.
On one level, the media's approach seems understandable. Canadians are deeply moved by these deaths, and the media accurately records this grief.
But something else happens in the process. There's an almost irresistible inclination to suggest that the death hasn't been in vain.
Late last month, Canadian soldiers Mario Mercier and Christian Duchesne were killed in Afghanistan. Both men were fathers of three children, making their deaths particularly heartbreaking.
The only possible comfort is the notion the men died for a worthy cause. To suggest otherwise seems to dishonour them.
The agony of each death can only be tolerated if it's deemed to be for a cause worthy enough to send more soldiers to their deaths.
The problem is that each killing then provides fresh momentum for continuing the war.
In order to honour the dead, the war is elevated to a noble cause; criticism of the war is discouraged.
This partly explains how the U.S. stayed in Vietnam until some 57,000 American soldiers were killed.
A similar process is underway in Iraq.
One way to prevent this pro-war momentum from setting in here would be for us to demand that the casualties we inflict on Afghans also be treated with some attention and respect.
[I'm getting teary-eyed right now!]
Instead, our government and media celebrate the number of "Taliban" we kill, without any understanding of who these individuals are and whether they are simply local villagers fighting – as Afghans have done throughout their history – to resist foreign armies. Whether we admit it or not, we are a part of a foreign army over there.
[Water coming down, because yes, yes, YES!
The "Taliban" or WHOEVER it is that we are killing are REAL PEOPLE with REAL FAMILIES that LOVE THEM!!!!
This is why I HATE my government and HATE my country (USA) right now!!!
It is a MASS-MURDERING NATION!!!!]
More surprising is the disrespectful way our government and media treat even Afghan civilian casualties.
[Which is why I cry and rage!!! I'm doing it right now!]
There's been minimal coverage here of the repeated pleas from Afghans – including President Hamid Karzai – for an end to the U.S. and NATO bombings that have killed countless Afghan civilians. (And they are literally countless; we don't bother counting them.)
[We just get "Taliban" or "militant" or "insurgent" body counts!
HOW TERRIBLY HORRID!!!]
As part of the NATO force over there, Canada is surely complicit in these war deaths.
Yet our media tend to make short shrift of them, even raising doubts about whether they really take place. Last week, the CBC reported that Afghan elders "alleged" that up to 18 civilians were killed by coalition troops in Helmand province.
The CBC quoted a NATO spokesperson who charged that the civilian casualties were being deliberately exaggerated by the Taliban for propaganda purposes.
But how do we know NATO isn't playing down the casualties for propaganda purposes? How does NATO even know who's being killed in its bombing raids?
[Yes, and it is something that breaks my heart and shatters my soul!
WE are KILLING INNOCENT, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE who NEVER DID ANYTHING TO US!!!
AmeriKa is a MASS-MURDERING NATION!!!!!]
Incidentally, that same day the New York Times reported that in a telephone interview, Afghan elder Hajji Agha Muhammad said the air strikes had killed 12 civilians, including six children ages 3 to 6 (and injured an additional 12).
Surely, this is not a story to be passed over quickly – as the CBC did – with a brisk denial from NATO. If true – and why should we assume that "Afghan elders" are lying? – it is a story of immense importance, and not only because it raises questions about the prospects of us ever winning popular support in Afghanistan.
[We have lost any support we could have had. Those days are long gone!
Hell, I'm an American and I HATE AMERIKA!!!!
And, yes, ma'am!
These are the MOST IMPORTANT STORIES to ME, and I'm bawling again and can hardly see the keys!]
More importantly, it raises questions about whether what we're doing over there is really all that noble – or even justifiable.
[It's not! It's MASS-MURDER we MUST APOLOGIZE for it and PRAY the Afghanis (and Iraqis) FORGIVE US!!!
A good start would be IMPEACHING and CONVICTING the MASS-MURDERING, WAR-CRIMINAL PRESIDENT George W. Bush and his dogshit V.P. Dick Cheney!
Then DUMP the ENTIRE CABINET, and DUMP CONGRESS, too!
It would be too little, too late, but it would be a start -- and MAYBE GOD WOULD FORGIVE US!!!
Sob!]
