Murderous Afghan Cop Now Home Free
After killing British troops sent to his country to try to rout terrorists, the fugitive Afghan policeman has found sanctuary with his Taliban cohorts. How many more troops do _you_ think America and Britain should commit to that war against drugs and terrorism?
Clockwise from top left: Sergeant Matthew Telford, Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, Warrant Office Darren Chant and Guardsman James Major, killed in a Helmand province gun attack. Photograph: BBC Just days ago, five British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by someone who's being described as a "rogue policeman."
According to this morning's Times of London, "The soldiers, three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police, died in the village of Shin Kalay in Nad-e’Ali district of Helmand Province yesterday afternoon. Six British soldiers were injured...."
The Manchester Guardian quoted official sources as explicitly denying that the murders resulted from a "friendly fire" accident, instead insisting that they were committed by a rogue officer who is still at large.
But Reuters quotes Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown as saying that today's attack suggests the Taliban may have infiltrated the Afghan police force.
How many more troops do you think America and Britain should invest in the ongoing wars against drugs and terrorism in Afghanistan?
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Edited Nov-5 by John Linendoll | 
