Tuesday, August 05, 2014

ABC:

US General Slain in Afghanistan Identified as Maj. Gen. Harold Greene

Major General Harold Greene has been identified as the army official killed in an attack this morning at a military academy in Afghanistan.
Greene was a two star major general and the highest ranking official to have been killed in the Afghanistan war. He was deployed to Afghanistan in January, according to the Pentagon's website.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, in which a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on Americans and others Afghans at Camp Qargha, a military academy 11 miles west of Kabul. The camp trains hundreds of Afghan forces a month and was recently renamed the Marshal Fahim National Defense University for the country's deceased vice president.
Fifteen others were injured, including eight Americans, all of whom are expected to live.
American generals usually have their own security details.

PHOTO: Afghanistan National Army soldiers stand guard at a gate of Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2014.
Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo
PHOTO: Afghanistan National Army soldiers stand guard at a gate of Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2014.

The military is in the process of notifying the next of kin.
The other wounded included Germans.
Rear Admiral John Kirby said the shooter was believed to be an Afghan soldier.
Today's shooting is the latest in a string of so-called "green-on-blue" attacks in Afghanistan, in which members of the Afghan forces have attacked U.S. and coalition forces. There have been more than 85 green-on-blue attacks during the war, though they have become less frequent this year as fewer U.S. troops have been on the ground in Afghanistan.

PHOTO: General view of a military academy base after an Afghan soldier opened fire on NATO troops inside the premises, on the outskirts of Kabul, Aug. 5, 2014.
Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images
PHOTO: General view of a military academy base after an Afghan soldier opened fire on NATO troops inside the premises, on the outskirts of Kabul, Aug. 5, 2014.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack and noted that both Afghan and foreign soldiers were hurt.
"The soldiers were visiting the military academy to help with the buildup of Afghan security forces," Karzai said. He blamed the attack on "enemies who don't want to see Afghanistan have strong institutions."
"We are in the process of assessing the situation," the ISAF Joint Command said in a statement. "More information will be released as we sort out the facts."

7 comments:

Always On Watch said...

American generals usually have their own security details.

Infiltration within the ranks of his security detail?

A convert in the ranks of his security detail?

Pastorius said...

Fast and Furious
Benghazi
The Economic Depression
Obamacare
Obamacare Exchanges
ISIS
Iran
Russia
MH!7
China
North Korea
Ukraine
etc.

and now

Ebola and
a two-star general getting shot by a Scuzlim in an insider job

Pastorius said...

Fast and Furious
Benghazi
The Economic Depression
Obamacare
Obamacare Exchanges
ISIS
Iran
Russia
MH!7
China
North Korea
Ukraine
etc.

and now

Ebola and
a two-star general getting shot by a Scuzlim in an insider job

Pastorius said...

Obama is just incompetent.

Pastorius said...

... and I forgot to mention the illegal alien situation

Charles Martel said...

Just look at the Afghan soldiers. They may be wearing uniforms, but if you replace the uniforms with their native attire, there is no difference between them and the terrorists. No man in uniformed should be allowed to wear a beard, which is an outer symbol of what is going on inside.

The Shah and Mubarak may have been tyrants, but what other way is there to deal with these savages? And the West should pray that Assad holds on to his power, and hopefully wins the war against "the freedom fighters." He may be a monster, but he is nothing compared to ISIS.

Anonymous said...

Pentagon already invoking the work-place violence excuse. No, the killer wasn't Taliban he's just some guy who snapped.