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Louie Gohmert: An article today by Andrew McCarthy that I want to read in part: Meanwhile, back in Afghanistan . . . Bill Roggio…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2014
An article today by Andrew McCarthy that I want to read in part: Meanwhile, back in Afghanistan . . . Bill Roggio reports that jihadists have killed four American soldiers. Three were killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul and the Taliban have claimed responsibility. A fourth was killed in a so-called ``green-on-blue'' assassination. He was an American there to train ``moderate Islamist allies'' at a military base in western Afghanistan, and one of these Afghans shot him dead and wounded two others before finally being killed. It was the fourth green-on-blue attack this year. The last one, in August, claimed the life of Major General Harold Greene, the highest ranking American officer since the Vietnam war to be killed in combat--being murdered by a jihadist in an Afghan military base while training moderate Islamists . . . Roggio observes the Taliban ``have devoted significant efforts to stepping up attempts to kill'' U.S. and allied forces. Mr. Speaker, this is outrageous. We don't need to be helping the so- called moderate jihadists. And with that, I will insert the full article into the Record. [From the National Review Online, Sept. 18, 2014] Training `Moderate Islamists'--Four More Americans Killed in Afghanistan (By Andrew C. McCarthy) Meanwhile back in Afghanistan . . . the Long War Journal's Bill Roggio reports that jihadists have killed four American soldiers.…
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Louie Gohmert
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Sep 18, 2014

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