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Bodies of Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Back in US

(October 6) - The flag-draped coffins of five U.S. soldiers killed during a weekend onslaught against a U.S. military outpost in Afghanistan arrived Tuesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the military said.

Eight U.S. Soldiers Dead in Bold Attack in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents besieged two American outposts in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, American and Afghan officials said, killing eight Americans and two Afghan policemen in a bold daylight strike that was the deadliest for American soldiers in more than a year.The …

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 769

As of Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at least 769 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

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Proxy wedding means Marine's widow, baby unwelcome

Hotaru Ferschke just wants to raise her 8-month-old son in his grandparents' Tennessee home, surrounded by photos and memories of the father he'll never meet: a Marine who died in combat a month after marrying her from thousands of miles away.

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Wounded Soldiers Recover as Public Interest in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Wane

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 10) — A year after Capt. Sam Brown was set ablaze when a bomb blew up his Humvee in Afghanistan, the 25-year-old West Point graduate endures a steady schedule of painful surgery and stretching to break up knotty burn scars.

Robert Gates protests AP decision as 'appalling'

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is objecting "in the strongest terms" to an Associated Press decision to transmit a photograph showing a mortally wounded 21-year-old Marine in his final moments of life, calling the decision "appalling" and a breach of "common decency."

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 738

As of Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, at least 738 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

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Fifth Annual KIA Thunder Run, Military-Vehicle Show, and Swap Meet Will Take Place in Northern California on Saturday, September 5

The free event in the north Monterey Bay Area will have an hour and a half ceremony at 1PM to honor our nation's killed in action and others who died while serving in the military and public service.

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Could the U.S. Be Drawn into a New Korean War?

To fear a new Korean War is historically inaccurate, because, in fact, the last one never ended: the world's most dangerous border, across which some 2 million North Korean, U.S.

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