surge update - 3 U.S., 1 French Dead in Afghanistan

spanone

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Sat Aug-01-09 06:59 PM
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surge update - 3 U.S., 1 French Dead in Afghanistan

CBS/AP) A U.S. military spokesman says three American troops have been killed in two blasts in southern Afghanistan.

Navy Chief Petty Officer Brian Naranjo says the attacks happened on Saturday.

Southern Afghanistan is the center of the Taliban-led insurgency, which has made a violent comeback since its initial defeat in the U.S.-led invasion.

Thousands of U.S. Marines and British troops are conducting anti-Taliban operations in the region ahead of this month's presidential elections.

Separately, a French soldier was killed and two others were wounded during a clash with insurgents north of Kabul, the French military said in a statement.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/01/world/main5203828.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel

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Thothmes

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Sat Aug-01-09 07:39 PM
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1. three more notches in Obamas six gun.

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madrchsod

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Sat Aug-01-09 10:32 PM
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2. no one dies when no one knows.....

and only their loved ones mourn.

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noamnety

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Sun Aug-02-09 12:15 AM
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5. no kidding

the thread was at <0 when I arrived; people would still prefer that no one knows.

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spanone

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Sat Aug-01-09 10:39 PM
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3. now that the media can photograph returning casualties, with family permission, the don't care

too busy with the Obama citizenship issue to remind america we are at war

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Flaneur

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Sat Aug-01-09 10:57 PM
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4. And August is off to a hot start. July was the worst month of the war...

...so far. 75 dead US and NATO troops, 2 1/2 times the number killed last July. 2009 ought to be a record-setter, the bad kind.

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