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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 07:48 AM
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Three US troops killed in Afghanistan: NATO
Source: AFP

Three US troops killed in Afghanistan: NATO
(AFP) – 1 hour ago

KABUL — Bomb attacks have killed three more US troops in Afghanistan, the NATO-run International Security Assistance Force said Saturday.

"Two US service members were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in eastern Afghanistan October 16, and one US service member was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan on the same day," it said.

It gave no further details.

Homemade IEDs, often buried on roadsides, have become the scourge of the eight-year war against Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan, where 100,000 foreign troops are under US and NATO command.

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j9G7sxFG7lMzrxcu6nlnLx668sww



To date 880 American soldiers have been killed in the invasion and continued occupation of Afghanistan.
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BobRossi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 08:52 AM
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1. It's Obama's war.
Why does he keep killing Americans?
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 11:47 AM
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4. thanks for saying that I agree
he owns it now.
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MetaTrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 11:17 AM
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2. Six more parents whose children were killed, and not hiding in the attic
Where's the 24/7 coverage of that, Fourth Estate?
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 11:47 AM
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3. +1000000000
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 11:57 AM
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5. what chickenhawk idiot would unrec this? some people dont like the truth
Edited on Sat Oct-17-09 12:03 PM by Mari333
they should either enlist or send their own kids over there.

OR READ THEIR NAMES AND LOOK AT THEIR FACES YOU CHICKENSHIT BASTARDS



http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/afghanistan/
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 05:03 PM
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6. k
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-17-09 09:33 PM
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7. gawd
dammit. :cry:
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