U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: U.S. military

[Loyd]

Source: Reuters

November 4, 2017 / 4:20 PM

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. service member was killed in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the military said, without giving details of his identity or the circumstances of his death, which occurred as American forces have stepped up operations against the Taliban.

A statement from U.S. Forces Afghanistan Command in Kabul said the service member had died of wounds sustained during operations in Logar, the eastern province where another service member was killed last week after a helicopter crash.

“Despite this tragic event, we remain steadfast in our commitment to the Afghan people and to support them in our mutual fight against terrorism,” Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said in the statement.

The latest death comes after President Donald Trump ordered a boost in the number of U.S. troops assisting Afghan forces against the Taliban as part of a new strategy to try to break the stalemate with the insurgents.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-military/u-s-service-member-killed-in-afghanistan-u-s-military-idUSKBN1D40T5?il=0

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Trump was right on this issue: I'm getting sick and goddamned tired of "winning" this war!

[Loyd]

1. 2.5 hours later and ZERO reaction

In the OP I was being sarcastic when I used the word winning. But, since no one seems to give a shit that we keep losing people in this long-since-useless fucking meatgrinder, I don't know, maybe Trump really has won.

[Skittles]

3. it's why I get angry when I see people waxing nostalgic about Dubya

fuck that warmongering bastard, forever

[left-of-center2012]

2. Trump will probably say ...

"Your guy knew what he was signing up for"

[Eugene]

4. Pentagon identifies Special Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan

Source: Washington Post

Pentagon identifies Special Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan

By Alex Horton November 5 at 9:03 PM

A U.S. soldier was killed Saturday in Afghanistan, marking the 13th American fatality there this year as the Pentagon again ramps up operations in the 16-year-old war.

Sgt. 1st Class Stephen B. Cribben, 33, a Special Forces communications sergeant, was killed in Logar province while his unit was engaged in “combat operations,” according to a U.S. military statement released Sunday. It was unclear whether his death was the result of hostile enemy contact or another event, such as a vehicle accident.

Officials are investigating the incident.

Cribben, of Simi Valley, Calif., was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, at Fort Carson, Colo., and was just weeks into his third combat deployment when he was killed. The statement indicated that he arrived in Afghanistan in September, having previously deployed there and to Iraq as a military policeman.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/11/05/pentagon-identifies-special-forces-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan/


Sgt. 1st Class Stephen B. Cribben, 33, a Special Forces communications sergeant, was killed Saturday in Afghanistan’s Logar province. (U.S. Army)

[Wwcd]

5. K & R Thank you for posting

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Sgt. 1st Class Stephen B. Cribben, 33, a Special Forces communications sergeant, was killed Saturday in Afghanistan’s Logar province.

[olddad56]

6. and, remind me again why the US ever invaded that country and Iraq.

[johnnylol]

7. why the us invaded that country...

afghanistan was the planning and staging area that attacked the us on sept 11 2001 resulting in 2.997 deaths and over 6000 injuries..

The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), Pub. L. 107-40, codified at 115 Stat. 224 and passed as S.J.Res. 23 by the United States Congress on September 14, 2001, authorizes the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001 and any "associated forces". The authorization granted the President the authority to use all "necessary and appropriate force" against those whom he determined "planned, authorized, committed or aided" the September 11th attacks, or who harbored said persons or groups.

The AUMF was signed by President George W. Bush on September 18, 2001. As of December 2016, the Office of the President published a brief interpreting the AUMF as providing Congressional authorization for the use of force against al-Qaeda and other Islamic militant groups.[1][2]

The only representative to vote against the Authorization in 2001 was Barbara Lee, who has consistently criticised it since for being a blank check giving the government unlimited powers to wage war without debate.[3] Lee has initiated several attempts to repeal the authorization since. On June 29, 2017, a group of libertarian Republicans and Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee approved Lee’s amendment to end the 2001 authorization within 240 days, which would have forced debate on a replacement authorization. This amendment was removed from the bill by the Rules Committee so the AUMF remains in effect.[4][5] Business Insider has reported that the AUMF has been used to allow military action in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Georgia, Yemen, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraq, and Somalia