Speech on monday. . new reaction to the deadly attacks on n.a.t.o. troops by afghan soldiers, inside jobs, we ve had too many in recent months and they re known as green on blue attacks, and fox news military analyst embedded with the special operation forces in afghanistan. colonel north outside of kabul. colonel? jamie, there are remarkably young americans on the ground confronting green on blue attacks and following the story since we ve been back in country and been with special u.s. operators and here is just some of what we re seeing and hearing here in afghanistan. today we traveled to a remote outpost where three marines were killed in a green on blue attack and asked the special opes leader the effects of the incident. in the aftermath of some of
This was not a green on blue. show him what i have in your hand. this was the armor plate i was playing at the time. one ground, lucky shot. the fact of the matter is that the alp were the first individuals to quickly respond and put round down range in order to affect movement for myself. what these guys have done, bill is greg and his teammate and others have been out here training 16,000 afghan local police. the program has not been stopped. we were all over with them literally to the edge of injin country today. this is a program that is working thanks in large part thanks to people like the chief standing right next to me who wanted to say hi to folks at home. i wanted to say, hi, gosha, high dylan,. this is an outfit that is take a fight to the enemy and the afghan local police are in the lead. bill. bill: remarkable story there.
We are willing to sacrifice a lot for this campaign but we are not willing to be murdered for it. martha: very strong words from allen over the weekend. attacks by afghan soldiers or in sur gents potentially disguised in their uniforms have killed 51 american and nato troops this year alone in these so-called green on blue attacks that are becoming increasingly horrific and so troublesome to pherps. i l americans. i m joined by marvin calb, he is a fox news contributor. always good to have you with us. very strong words as i said from general allen. what do you make of this story? well, one of the things that emerges out of that 60 minute report is that we have been told for months now that the war against al-qaida is pretty well over in afghanistan. now we re told that al-qaida is coming back into afghanistan, and they are the ones who are
green on blue attacks will continue until americans leave afghanistan so the afghan security forces can get a head start pledging their allegiance to the taliban. the green on blue attacks are likely to increase as the date for the withdrawal grows closer. the taliban attacks could diminish. why take risks if they know we are leaving? it is more for the army personnel who want to show their loyalty to taliban. the defense secretary is saying the taliban are trying to undermine our trust in the security forces and that strategy will not work. one commander told me in afghanistan, insider attacks are an affront to their honor at odds with their culture and their faith. as for us, we are adapting to changes in that threat, as well. that is what professional militaries do. reporter: the numbers deathed from insider attacks has risen from 22 years ago to 35
Panetta says. he went on in a statement to say that the last surge troops leaving afghanistan, quote, is an opportunity to recognize that the surge accomplished its objectives of reversing taliban momentum on the battlefield and dramatically increased the size and capability of the afghan national security forces. secretary panetta says the 68,000 american troops still in afghanistan remain in a quote, tough fight, and he says the full transition to afghan control will be complete by the end of 2014 when the u.s. and other in it tow allies plan to pull out the rest of the troops. martha: i mentioned in the introduction, molly that green on blue violence that we have seen so much of. the defense secretary has had a bit of a different interpretation of this. this has been difficult for our troops. supposedly friendly afghan army or police officers turn on their nato partners and kill them. 51 coalition troops have been killed in this way this year. as a result nay tow is stopping