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US Troop Deaths Pass 5K in Iraq, Afghanistan

Deadliest month so far in Afghanistan

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2009 6:54 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The combined death toll among US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has passed 5,000, USA Today reports. The Pentagon says 4,332 have died in Iraq and 669 in Afghanistan. At least 30 American troops have died in Afghanistan in July, the deadliest month in the nearly 8-year-old war, including four who were killed by a roadside bomb yesterday. At least six have died this month in Iraq.

In addition, 14 Defense Department civilians have died in the two countries, and 68 troops have died in related missions elsewhere. At least 55 NATO troops have died in Afghanistan in July. In New Delhi, Hillary Clinton called the figures “deeply regrettable and tragic.” The “alarming rate" of deaths has made it "an extraordinarily difficult month for all of us who are so heavily invested in trying to better the situation in Afghanistan,” said a Pentagon spokesman.

U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment are seen at a reenlistment ceremony for a comrade in Baqouba Iraq, Monday, June 29, 2009.
U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment are seen at a reenlistment ceremony for a comrade in Baqouba Iraq, Monday, June 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
U.S. soldiers salute during a ceremony to mark the U.S. Independence Day at a U.S. base Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, July 4, 2009.
U.S. soldiers salute during a ceremony to mark the U.S. Independence Day at a U.S. base Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, July 4, 2009.   (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
In this photo taken Saturday, June 20, 2009, US Marines step through a hole they blew in a mud wall during a battle against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
In this photo taken Saturday, June 20, 2009, US Marines step through a hole they blew in a mud wall during a battle against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's Helmand province.   (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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Snarfeh
Jul 22, 2009 12:31 PM CDT
Can't shoot off what was never there....
Mad
Jul 21, 2009 7:55 AM CDT
What policies has Obama changed since taking office? Off the top of my head: overturned the ban on stem cell research, reversed the so-called “medical conscience” rule dealing with abortion services, stopped the Bush's plan to allow oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to name but a few. (For a full listing of all the many ways Bush tried to shit on science go here: http://www.ucsusa.org/scientif...)
godawgs
Jul 21, 2009 4:35 AM CDT
also do you give yourself a thumbs up too, and thanks for pointing out those facts, you have great argument, I didn't like the president so he should be over there getting his balls shot off, good job.
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