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UK Colonel's Death Raises Fury at Home

He's killed by roadside bomb after warning about lack of choppers

Oct 31, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's newspapers are up in arms today over the revelation that a commander got killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan just weeks after warning his superiors they weren't doing enough to prevent such deaths. Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe complained in an email that troops didn't have enough helicopters and... More »

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Afghanistan • IED • roadside bomb • British troops • Afghanistan war • helicopters • Rupert Thorneloe

(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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Iraq • Afghanistan • roadside bomb • bombing • casualties • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

(AP) - A roadside bomb hit a wedding party on its way to a ceremony in southern Afghanistan, killing 21 people including women and children, Afghan officials said today. A local police chief said that a Western airstrike hours later killed five farmers loading cucumbers into a taxi in a neighboring province;... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • civilian casualties • roadside bomb • airstrike • Afghanistan war • insurgency

(Newser) - The war in Afghanistan is getting deadlier for both coalition troops and Afghan forces, reports James Dao in the New York Times, mostly because of an increase in homemade bomb attacks—465  in May alone. The IEDs—improvised explosive devices—are getting more sophisticated as well as more common, and... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • IED • roadside bomb • bomb • coalition troops • Afghanistan war • improvised explosive device

UPDATED

 Taliban Claim to Have 
 'Drunk' US Captive; 
 7 Soldiers Killed 

Taliban also confirms capture of missing US soldier

Jul 6, 09 2:44 PM CDT
(AP) - Seven American troops lost their lives in the stepped-up battle against the Taliban today, the deadliest day for US forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year. The Taliban also confirmed on its website that it is holding an American soldier thought to be in enemy hands. “Five days ago,... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • roadside bomb • hostage • mujahedeen • American soldiers • capture

5 US Troops Killed in
Wave of Afghan Attacks

Including 5 American soldiers

Jan 9, 09 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Three American soldiers were killed today when their Humvee hit a roadside bomb in Southern Afghanistan, and two were killed yesterday, as a string of attacks took 18 lives in the country over the past two days. Earlier today a suicide bomber blew himself up in a fruit shop in... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • suicide bombing • roadside bomb • Afghanistan war

Afghan Governor, 3 Others Killed by Roadside Bomb

Official had helped in 2001 US defeat of Taliban

Sep 13, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb detonated near Kabul killed an Afghan provincial governor and three others today, Reuters reports; Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack. The governor and former cabinet minister, Abdullah Wardak, had helped the US when it toppled the Taliban in 2001. It was unclear whether the roadside attack was... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • roadside bomb • militant • governor

 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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civilian casualties • roadside bomb • bombing • soldier • CNN • wounded • casualties • Iraq war

'Miracle Marine' Dead After 3-Year Struggle

Struck by roadside bomb, he endured 100+ surgeries

May 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Marine who endured burns on 97% of his body with good humor and hope has died during routine surgery, USA Today reports. Hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq, Sgt. Merlin German walked, talked, and even danced during his 3-year recovery. Undergoing more than 100 surgeries, he became a... More »

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Iraq • military • roadside bomb • US Army • soldier • Marine • Merlin German • burn victim

19 Yanks Die in Worst Week
of Year for US

Baghdad battles against Shiite militia take heavy toll

Apr 13, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of a US soldier in a roadside blast in Baghdad yesterday brought the death toll for US troops to 19 in a single week—the highest so far this year. Almost all of the deaths have been in the Iraqi capital, where US and Iraqi forces are battling... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • US military • roadside bomb • Iraq death toll • Shiite militia • Muqtada al-Sadr

US Parts End Up
in Insurgents' Bombs in Iraq

US technology exports to UAE getting diverted to Iraq via Iran

Apr 2, 08 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A year ago American technology started turning up in roadside bombs used to attack US troops in Iraq, the New York Times reports, and the rogue computer circuits were tracked to the United Arab Emirates. There investigators found the UAE's controls so lax that sensitive technology imported from the US... More »

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Iran • insurgents • roadside bomb • United Arab Emirates • US exports • Iraq war

US Warning Shot
Kills Iraqi Girl

Troops fired toward woman who seemed to be signaling to confederate

Mar 13, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A warning shot fired by US soldiers killed a young Iraqi girl yesterday, AP reports. Troops in an area of Diyala province where several roadside bombs have recently been found fired a shot "near a suspicious woman who appeared to be signaling to someone while the soldiers were in... More »

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Iraq • rocket attacks • US military • roadside bomb • shooting

'Wonder Woman' Wins Silver Star

Teen medic shielded wounded with her body

Mar 10, 08 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas teenager has become the second woman since World War II to be awarded the Silver Star for bravery in combat. Texas medic Monica Lin Brown, 19, used her body to shield five wounded comrades from gunfire while she treated them after their convoy was caught by a roadside... More »

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Afghanistan • terrorism • roadside bomb • US Army • Silver Star • courage • heroism • Monica Lin Brown • 73rd Cavalry Regiment • Paktia • 617th Military Police • military convoy • gallantry

A Colonel's Toughest Duty: the Condolence Letter

US commanders continue 18th-century custom

Mar 8, 08 4:43 PM CST
(Newser) - American warfare has changed over hundreds of years, but one tradition that remains is a commander’s condolence letter to the family of a fallen soldier. The Wall Street Journal spends time with a lieutenant colonel in Iraq who writes his letters by hand whenever one of his men dies.... More »

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Afghanistan • insurgents • US military • roadside bomb • US Army • soldiers' families • 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment

US Troops Lose Hearing
at Alarming Rates

Aural damage from Iraq, Afghanistan wars reaching epidemic levels

Mar 8, 08 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - US troops are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan with epidemic rates of hearing damage, AP reports, with 128,000 disabled by permanent hearing loss or tinnitus, ringing in the ears. The nature of the current conflict is part of the problem, with roadside bombs and sudden ambushes giving troops... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • veterans • US military • roadside bomb • hearing loss • Iraq war • tinnitus

Baghdad Bombs Claim 54

Reversal in trend of increasing security, as US announce troop reduction

Mar 6, 08 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Twin bomb blasts claimed 54 lives and wounded 130 in a Baghdad shopping center today, BBC News reports. Two roadside bombs timed to detonate within minutes of each other exploded in a shopping center in Karada district, leaving survivors holding body parts and searching for loved ones. Violence in Iraq... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • roadside bomb • troop withdrawal • surge • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Marines Demand Probe
Into Armor Delay

Blast resistant vehicles 'could have cut deaths in half'

Feb 26, 08 4:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Marine Corps has asked the Department of Defense to investigate delays obtaining vehicles with blast-resistant armor for combat units in Iraq. An internal USMC memo claims the money needed for the vehicles, which could have cut deaths from roadside bombings by 50%, was diverted to other projects, reports... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • roadside bomb • budget • Department of Defense • MRAP • Marine • deaths • USMC • Plans, Policies and Operations Department • casualties • vetting • Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle • whistleblower • Naval Audit Service • Government Accountability Project

Woodruff Fights for Words

Wounded ABC newsman describes continuing struggle

Feb 25, 08 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - When ABC's Bob Woodruff reported recently from North Korea, he appeared fully recovered from horrific head injuries he suffered in Iraq. In fact, he has a lingering disorder that could have ended his career as a journalist. He discusses working with expressive aphasia, a struggle to remember words, with Christine... More »

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Iraq • roadside bomb • stroke • Bob Woodruff • ABC News • expressive aphasia • receptive aphasia • traumatic brain injury • TBI • National Aphasia Association • Lee Woodruff

Blasts Mar Sri Lankan Holiday

Four separate attacks, claiming 13, are attributed to the Tamil Tigers

Feb 4, 08 6:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Four separate bombings today rang in Sri Lanka's 60th anniversary of its independence, capping off a string of four consecutive days that have seen horrific violence, CNN reports. A roadside bomb claimed the lives of 12 and wounded 17 passengers on a bus, and a soldier died in a separate... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • suicide bombing • roadside bomb • Colombo • Mahinda Rajapaksa

Iraqi Soldier
Kills Two
US Troops

He turned on them during joint patrol;
3 others wounded

Jan 5, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - An Iraqi insurgent who joined the country’s military force shot and killed two American troops, the BBC reports. Three other US soldiers were injured in the Dec. 26 shooting, which happened during a joint patrol in northern Iraq. After the patrol was besieged by gunmen, the Iraqi soldier “... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • London • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • Baquba • roadside bomb • US troops • Iraq Army • al-Qaeda

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