Australian Soldiers Killed in Green-on-Blue Attack

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The Sydney Morning Herald
National Times

Hunt on for rogue Afghan soldier
Date
August 31, 2012 - 9:49AM

Judith Ireland
Breaking News Reporter
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The man who shot and killed three Australian soldiers and wounded two others has been identified as an Afghan soldier tasked with guarding a patrol base.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith said today the sergeant was known to the Oruzgan chief of police and was being chased by Afghan and international forces.

The rogue soldier attacked the Australian personnel at the patrol base in the Baluchi Valley, north of the main base at Tarin Kowt on Wednesday night, before escaping.


An Australian soldier on patrol near Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan. Photo: Corporal Neil Ruskin
This morning, International Security Assistance Force spokesman Major Adam Wojack told ABC Radio that the killer was a sergeant called Hek Matola, who was wearing his uniform at the time of the attack.

Read more: www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/hunt-on-for-rogue-afghan-soldier-20120831-2545u.html#ixzz255DYeYbN

[jerryfmcompushaft]

And here's another report of the action

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SYDNEY - Australia on Thursday mourned the deaths of five of its soldiers in Afghanistan, three killed by an Afghan army colleague, in the nation's deadliest hours of combat since the Vietnam War.
The Australians were killed in two separate incidents just hours apart late Wednesday and early Thursday.
The first incident took place at a base in Uruzgan province, when a man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on Australian soldiers, killing three and wounding two, according to Air Marshal Mark Binskin, vice chief of the Australian Defense Force. Hours later, two Australian soldiers died and a crew member was wounded when their helicopter rolled over while landing in Helmand province. More

[Swampy]

They're going to stay in the fight. Well done, mates!

[Sir John]

Our grandson has completed two tours of the 'sand pit" and has nothing but contempt for our peace loving muslim brothers.


SJ