Islamic 'Allies' Turn Afghanistan Into Most Dangerous Place On Earth
Drew Zahn, WND — New calculations from WND columnist Diana West suggest the most dangerous murder rate in the world exists not in war-torn Africa or drug-ravaged Columbia, but among U.S.-allied troops being killed by Afghan “friendly” forces.More than 60 cases of Afghan “allies” murdering members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, were reported in 2012, a rise from 35 so-called “green-on-blue” killings in 2011.
Thus far, the White House has dismissed the killings as few and unrelated, despite rising numbers and repeated claims from the Taliban that the murders are part of an organized campaign to infiltrate the Afghan-Western alliance.
[...] “While NATO and U.S. defense officials play down the murders of American and other Western forces by their Afghan ‘partners’ and trainees as paltry few incidents,” West writes on her website, “the 62 murders we know about in 2012 (it seems likely there were additional unreported incidents) were committed against the estimated 25,000 American and other Western forces who actually do the training and interacting with the 400,000 Afghans in uniform.
“That converts to 248 homicides per 100,000,” she concludes.
To put the rate in perspective, the U.S. murder rate is 4.2 murders per 100,000. Europe’s rate is 3.5; Russia’s rate is 10.2. Even in Central America, the world’s most murderous sub-region, the murder rate is 17 murders per 100,000. » Read More
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Drew Zahn is a former pastor who cut his editing teeth as a member of the award-winning staff of Leadership, Christianity Today's professional journal for church leaders. He is the editor of seven books, including Movie-Based Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching, which sparked his ongoing love affair with film and his weekly WND column, "Popcorn and a (world)view."