NATO: Slain U.S. troops were armed
Washington The eight American troops killed by an Afghan pilot earlier this week by an airport in the sphere of Kabul were all armed with weapons and ammo, according to the preliminary findings released Friday of an investigation by NATO and the Afghan government.The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force modish Afghanistan has assumed the armed forces pilot opened fire on the troops, sparking a gunfight on Wednesday.The investigation centers around how the gunman managed to take life eight armed troops, an ISAF sanctioned briefed on the investigation told CNN.A concealed American outworker, James A. McLaughlin, a retired Army standby colonel, was additionally killed inside the shooting, according to his company, L-3 MPRI. He was serving since a counselor on the NATO Air Training rule contract since October 2008, according to the tap down.