It was a rough weekend in Afghanistan for US forces, with eight soldiers killed Saturday 3 October, along with two Afghan soldiers, when an outpost came under fierce attack from militants. This was the worst one-day loss of US troops in over a year, according to CNN and NPR.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 5 October 2009 at 8:03 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 5 October 2009.
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Tags: Afghanistan, attack, dead, militants, outpost, US troops
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