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Stuart G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 10:15 PM
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7. Roadside Bombs kill 7 U.S Troops
Edited on Mon Aug-30-10 01:09 PM by Stuart G
Source: MSNBC

KABUL — Two separate roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed seven U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan Monday, NATO said.

The deaths bring to 14 the number of U.S. troops killed in action in eastern and southern Afghanistan over the past three days.

A spike in U.S. troop numbers in Afghanistan to over 120,000 has brought increased fighting and a rising death toll. Forty-nine U.S. service members have died in Afghanistan this month.

The troops killed Monday were serving with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the alliance said.

One roadside bomb attack killed five troops, while a separate incident killed an additional two, ISAF said in a statement


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38917373/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/



This is a new report..new deaths..not yesterday's...

What kind of insanity is this?
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