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 Body of Missing US Soldier 
 Found in Afghan River 

Second American is still missing, believed drowned

Nov 11, 09 11:27 AM CST
(AP) - Military divers have found the body of a US soldier who disappeared last week with a fellow soldier as the two tried to recover airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan. The two Americans, from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, went missing Nov. 4 in Badghis... More »

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 2 US Pilots Die in Iraq 
 Chopper Crash 

'Hard landing' north of Baghdad yesterday

Nov 9, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A chopper's "hard landing" in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad took the lives of two US pilots yesterday, bringing the total count of Americans killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003 to at least 4,361. The military released no further details about the crash, but... More »

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14 Americans Killed in 2 Afghan Chopper Crashes

28 injured in collision, crash

Oct 26, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of helicopter crashes today in Afghanistan killed 14 US troops and civilian workers and injured at least 28 others. In the first crash, a helicopter went down in the west of the country after leaving the scene of a firefight with insurgents, killing 10 Americans—seven troops and... More »

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4 American Troops Killed
in Afghan Blast

Deaths bring US death toll to 25 for the month

Oct 16, 09 5:14 AM CDT
(AP) - Four American service members were killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan yesterday. Two were killed instantly in the blast and two others suffered fatal injuries in the same explosion. Details of the attack, including its location, haven't been released. The deaths bring to 25 the number of American troops... More »

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(Newser) - It was an unusually bloody day for US troops abroad today, as eight soldiers were killed—four in Iraq and four in Afghanistan. It was the deadliest day for the US in Iraq since troops left the cities earlier this year, reports the BBC. Three soldiers were killed by a... More »

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(AP) - A bomb blast in Afghanistan killed an American service member today, making August the deadliest month of the 8-year war for US forces. The service member's vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, NATO forces said, bringing the number of troops killed in August to 45, one more than... More »

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(Newser) - A busy, bloody day in Afghanistan:
  • Five car bombs detonated simultaneously in Kandahar, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 50, reports the AP.
  • That follows news of a blast in southern Afghanistan that killed four US troops, bringing to 41 the number of American deaths
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Family Doesn't Believe Speicher Died in Crash

Grateful for return of body, but official line doesn't jibe with beliefs

Aug 3, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scott Speicher’s family is thankful for the return of the missing pilot's remains, but isn't buying the military's conclusion that he died in a plane crash in Iraq on the opening night of the Gulf War, the Florida Times-Union reports. “We’re discrediting the rumor that he... More »

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 Pilot's Remains 
 Found in Iraq 
 After 18 Years 

Speicher was first casualty of 1991 Persian Gulf War

Aug 2, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(AP) - The remains of the first American lost in the 1991 Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said today. The disappearance of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher has bedeviled investigators since his fighter jet was shot down on the first night of the war. He was... More »

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2 US Troops Killed in Attack on Afghan Base

Taliban claims responsibility for strike that wounded 6

Jun 21, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two US troops were killed and six more Americans were injured early this morning in a rocket strike on a US air base in Afghanistan, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the 2 a.m. strike on the heavily fortified compound, which brings the American death... More »

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3 US Troops Among
25 Killed in Iraq Bombings

25 total dead in
series of attacks

May 21, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Three American soldiers were killed and nine others wounded today as bombings in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk claimed at least 25 lives, the AP reports. The attacks came a day after a car bomb exploded near a group of restaurants in a Shiite neighborhood of northwest Baghdad,... More »

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Accidents, Illness Kill
Most Troops in Iraq

"Nonhostile" incidents pose greatest threat in recent months

May 3, 09 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troops serving in Iraq in the past eight months were most likely to die from "nonhostile" causes such as illness or accidents, according to new statistics. The period marks the first time insurgents have not been responsible for the majority of troops deaths, reports the Boston Globe. While... More »

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 Fear Returns to Baghdad 


May 2, 09 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recent spate of violence in Iraq may pale in comparison to the relentless suicide bombings of 2006, but Baghdad is beginning to hunker down in fear again, the Los Angeles Times reports. Residents are curtailing their public activities, checking in with each other more often to make sure family... More »

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 Mosul Truck 
 Bomb Kills 
 5 US Troops 

Two Iraqi cops killed, 18 others wounded in deadliest attack of year

Apr 10, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A truck filled with explosives crashed into a police headquarters in Mosul today, killing five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen. The suicide attack was the deadliest single incident involving US troops this year, the AP reports. The chief of operations in Mosul said the policemen were the target, and... More »

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 Pentagon 
 May End 
 Media Ban 
 on War Dead 


Policy under review

Feb 11, 09 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Robert Gates has asked the Pentagon to review its policy of barring the media from photographing the coffins of military casualties returning to the US from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports. “I think, if the needs of the families can be met and the privacy concerns... More »

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 Israeli Pummels Gaza, Pauses 

Air strikes hit 40 targets overnight

Jan 10, 09 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel continued to pound Gaza last night and this morning as air strikes hit 40 targets and killed 15 Hamas fighters, CNN reports. Attacks were halted for the 3-hour pause this afternoon to allow Gaza residents to restock supplies, the third such pause in the two-week-old conflict. Health workers say... More »

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Soldiers Who Survive War
Are Less Intelligent

Records reveal that the smartest of Scottish regiments died on WWII battlefields

Dec 20, 08 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Soldiers who survived World War II were on average less intelligent than their fallen comrades, a study of British records has revealed. Researchers merged military records with an IQ test given to Scottish schoolchildren in 1932 and found that Scots who died in battle had an average IQ of 100.... More »

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US Combat Deaths Hit 5-Year Low

Military hails Iraq improvement; warns of trouble in Afghanistan

Dec 4, 08 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - American combat deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq fell to their lowest level last month since the US began fighting two wars, USA Today reports. Combat claimed 11 lives, and 7 others perished in non-combat incidents. Commanders credited major security improvements in Iraq for statistics there, but warned that the situation... More »

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US Troop Deaths in Iraq 
Lowest Since War Began

Troops, militants shifting to Afghanistan as America's Iraq strategy succeeds

Oct 31, 08 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - October is on course to tie July's record for the lowest number of troop deaths in Iraq, USA Today reports. Thirteen US troops have died so far in October in combat and non-combat incidents. For the first time since the war started in 2002, no US troops died in combat... More »

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 Bus Bomb Kills 12 in Baghdad

Follows a series of bombings in the capital

Aug 3, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bombs ripped through a minibus this morning in Baghdad, reports CNN, killing 12 and injuring 22 after a string of similar bombings in the region. Two more roadside bombs injured nine near a hospital and two near a convoy of SUVs. Elsewhere, a soldier was killed in an unrelated accident,... More »

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