green-on-blue

Afghans in police or army uniforms -- some trained by the Americans or NATO, some possibly Taliban guerrillas dressed in outfits bought on the black market -- have regularly turned their guns on their putative allies in what’s referred to as “green-on-blue violence.” As 2012 ended, for instance, an Afghan army soldier shot and killed two French soldiers.

Tom Engelhardt: Debacle! Tom Engelhardt 2012

Two French Foreign Legion soldiers and one American were killed in separate "green-on-blue" shootings last month, so called after the colors of the Afghan army and the symbol of NATO.

Reuters: Press Release 2012

In the Afghan war, the catchphrase is "green on blue," attacks in which Afghan forces (green) kill or injure their supposed NATO allies (blue). h4 class="regseriflbl large"More related to this story Paris suspended training operations and threatened to withdraw its forces from the country after Friday's shooting, the second such green-on-blue incident in a month for the French troops.

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