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Title: 8 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
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URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/afghan.deaths/index.html
Published: Oct 27, 2009
Author: CNN
Post Date: 2009-10-27 11:24:51 by Jethro Tull
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Comments: 8
8 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan October 27, 2009 11:08 a.m. EDT Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The U.S. military suffered another day of heavy losses in Afghanistan on Tuesday as roadside bombs killed eight U.S. service members, the U.S. military said. An Afghan civilian working with NATO troops also was killed in the attacks in southern Afghanistan, the military said. The military gave no further details about the bombings, which it said also wounded several other service members. The attacks happened a day after 14 Americans were killed in a pair of helicopter crashes in Afghanistan. It was the largest number of Americans killed in Afghanistan in a single day in more than four years. With the deaths of two troops on Sunday, a total of 24 Americans -- most of them military -- have been killed in a 48-hour period. That makes October 2009, with 58 fatalities, the deadliest month for the U.S. military since the Afghanistan war began in October 2001. Enemy action was not thought to be the cause of either of Monday's helicopter crashes. Three Drug Enforcement Administration special agents and seven U.S. troops were killed in one crash in western Afghanistan as they returned from a raid on a compound believed to be harboring insurgents tied to drug trafficking. The other crash, in which two helicopters collided over southern Afghanistan, killed four Marines.
Poster Comment: And the Kenyan strikes again! Well done, Os!! He said he'd ramp up the war in Afghanistan, and dammit if he isn't doing just that. Bravo!!
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#3. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
I hope the partisan "anti-war" (snicker) RATS take up pitchforks and hang the Chimp'n'Chief before more young people are slaughtered for their New Kommunist World Order...hope, change, hope, change...hope. Change.
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