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JJ_BPK
08-05-2014, 07:12
Prayers Out..


KABUL, Afghanistan - As many as 12 Western soldiers -- including several Americans -- were shot at a military academy near Afghanistan's capital in an attack resulting in multiple deaths, officials said.

U.S. officials told NBC News that most, if not all, of the victims were American. They said a man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire at the Camp Qargha training facility, which is based on the design of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Earlier, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force confirmed "fatalities' after "a shooting incident involving ISAF and Afghan troops," but could not confirm the number of victims or their nationalities.

Gen. Mohammmad Zahir Azimi, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Defense Ministry, tweeted in Dari that the gunman was wearing Afghan military uniform and opened fire on Afghan and international colleagues before being shot dead.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-troops-shot-during-deadly-attack-afghanistan-officials-n172736

Pete
08-05-2014, 08:33
News is reporting a 2 Star and other officers - no word on lower ranks.

Trapper John
08-05-2014, 09:21
Just saw this posted in SF Brothers: ...alert from the NYT saying that we had a blue on blue at the Afghan National Military Academy where the Afghan murdered a US Major General. They haven't released the GOs name yet.

American General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy

(1VB)compforce
08-05-2014, 09:38
News is reporting a 2 Star and other officers - no word on lower ranks.

Also a German Brigadier

http://rt.com/news/178168-general-killed-attack-afghanistan/

Richard
08-05-2014, 10:26
Der Spiegel says the seriously wounded BW BG is Michael Bartscher.

Richard

LarryW
08-05-2014, 10:27
RIP heroes.

akv
08-05-2014, 10:31
Prayers Out

echoes
08-05-2014, 11:22
All are in Our prayers.:(

Hope they find and put in the ground those responsible!:mad:

Holly

The Reaper
08-05-2014, 16:10
MG Harold Green, Acquisitions Officer.

RIP, Sir.

Thank you for your service, and your sacrifice.

TR

Richard
08-05-2014, 16:23
RIP, General.

http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/downloads/251033.pdf

Sohei
08-05-2014, 17:11
Rest In Peace, Sir and thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Pete
08-05-2014, 17:12
RIP

US official identifies general killed in Afghanistan

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/nation/us-official-identifies-general-killed-in-afghanistan/article_32005ffa-067a-55d5-bfee-c26fc03b75c7.html

"KABUL, Afghanistan - An American major general was shot to death Tuesday in one of the bloodiest insider attacks of the long Afghanistan war when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on allied troops, wounding about 15 including a German general and two Afghan generals...."

SF_BHT
08-05-2014, 18:15
RIP General

Red Flag 1
08-05-2014, 18:29
Rest In God's Own Peace, General

steel_eel
08-05-2014, 23:47
The Soldiers in the security detail were a team from my unit. I have no further information on WIA other than one of our guys was in critical condition as of this morning, along with an O4. They just lifted the communications blackout after NOK notification. I'm at another location and information is pretty hard to come by besides open-source.

Stobey
08-07-2014, 01:51
Rest in peace Gen. Green. Prayers for you and your family.