U.S. General Is Reportedly Killed by an Afghan Soldier

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August 05, 2014, 10:01:08 AM Last Edit: August 05, 2014, 10:04:53 AM by steve58
oh crap...

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A United States Army major general was killed on Tuesday by an Afghan soldier, shot at close range at a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, officials of the American-led coalition said Tuesday. The officer was the highest-ranking member of the American military to die in hostilities in the Afghanistan war.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/world/asia/afghanistan-attack.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
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MikeGER

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August 05, 2014, 11:25:04 AM
that wounded (not life threatening) German General was in our news too, one ISAF soldier killed (his rank was not reported in our news so) 

Gusington

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August 05, 2014, 01:33:23 PM
Unreal...
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steve58

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August 05, 2014, 05:06:37 PM
They identified the general.  May he rest in peace :(

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U.S. officials identified the murdered American late Tuesday as Maj. Gen. Harold Greene. Greene was the highest-ranked American officer killed in combat since 1970 in the Vietnam War.

Greene, who was on his first deployment to a war zone, was involved in preparing Afghan forces for the time when U.S.-coalition troops leave at the end of this year. An engineer by training, he was the deputy commanding general, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/08/05/man-in-afghan-army-uniform-shoots-at-foreign-troops-causing-casualties/
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Staggerwing

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August 05, 2014, 06:50:46 PM
RIP, General Greene.  :(
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August 06, 2014, 06:04:28 AM
Shit.  RIP, General Greene. 
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bayonetbrant

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August 06, 2014, 06:47:48 AM
I have a bunch of friends here who worked with him back when he was a colonel and they were prepping for an Afghanistan deployment.
They have universally praised him as a kick-ass whip-smart guy
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August 14, 2014, 10:14:37 PM


QuoteDr. Susan Myers, widow of Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, places a red rose on her husband's casket following his graveside service in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Aug. 14, 2014. Greene was killed by an Afghan soldier Aug. 5 while visiting Marshal Fahim National Defense University in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Public Affairs photo by Rachel Larue)
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August 14, 2014, 10:35:01 PM
The picture says it all.

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