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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 11:09 AM
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U.S. Casualties More Than Double in Afghanistan Over Iraq
Source: ABC News

Eight years after the war began, 2009 was the deadliest year for U.S. service members fighting in Afghanistan and the first time American casualties there exceeded the number in Iraq, Pentagon records show.

More than 312 American soldiers died in Afghanistan last year -- nearly twice as many as in 2008. In Iraq, only 150 Americans lost their lives, half as many as the year before.

December 2009 was also the first month since the U.S.-led war in Iraq began in March 2003 without a U.S. combat death. The three U.S. casualties in Iraq in December were the result of non-combat related incidents.

more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2009-deadliest-year-us-afghanistan/story?id=9457231
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 11:12 AM
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1. what kind of lowlife would unrec this???
END THESE OCCUPATIONS.
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StarfarerBill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 11:56 AM
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2. Unrec rectified.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 12:09 PM
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3. k
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Balbus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 12:18 PM
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4. I remember when people on this board actually cared...
But for about a year now, these threads seem to drop like stones... I wonder what happened about a year ago to make U.S. occupations an acceptable thing. Weird.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 12:19 PM
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5. It's a holiday morning. A lot of people are just stirring.
Here's a :kick: and a rec.
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TheWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 04:32 PM
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9. Don't you know? When our Football Team does it it's good. When THEIR Football Team does it, it's
bad and evil.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 04:07 PM
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6. k
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 04:10 PM
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7. More cannon fodder to avoid the bad PR of losing another war. K&R
God forbid that the generals and politicians in charge should be embarrassed!!
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 04:23 PM
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8. k
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 10:30 PM
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10. k
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 01:07 AM
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11. K&R
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PuraVidaDreamin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 08:18 AM
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12. kick
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-02-10 01:57 PM
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13. kick reality check
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