Is This How NATO Should Announce Casualties?
I saw in my RSS reader that four U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. Hmm, I thought, I get emails from the International Security
Jul 31, 2020176.1K Shares3M Views
I saw in my RSS reader that four U.S. troops have died in Afghanistanin the last 24 hours. Hmm, I thought,* I get emails from the International Security Assistance Force* — the NATO military command in Afghanistan — and I don’t recall seeing that. So I went back through my inbox and found this press release, received at 3:31 a.m. my time.
“„IJC Operational Update, Nov. 23: Norwegian Home Guard commander visits IJC; Update on ISAF Casualties
“„KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 23) – The Norwegian Home Guard commander visited the ISAF Joint Command at the North Kabul International Airport military compound Nov. 22.
“„Major Gen. Bernt Iver Ferdinand Brovold was the guest of Maj. Gen. Jacques Lechevallier, IJC deputy commander. During his brief visit to IJC, the Norwegian general was briefed on the different types of threats Afghan people face and the IJC counterinsurgency strategy. Key points focused on protecting the Afghan people, synchronizing good governance with responsive development and security and partnering with the Afghan National Security Forces to accelerate the growth of Afghanistan’s security capacity.
“„While in Afghanistan, General Brovold will visit Norwegian troops deployed here.
“„ISAF Casualties
“„Four ISAF service members died in the last 24 hours in Afghanistan.
Three service members from the United States died in southern Afghanistan yesterday. Two of the service members died as the result of an IED attack, while the third service member was killed by insurgent’s small arms fire in a separate incident.
“„Another U.S. service member was killed as a result of an IED detonation in eastern Afghanistan today.
With due respect to Gen. Brovold, in journalism we call that “burying the lede.”
Rhyley Carney
Reviewer
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