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  1. 06-02-2009, 10:19 PM #1
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    Exclamation Afghan IED blasts kill four US troops

    Afghans seem to be adopting Iraqi insurgent tactics. Is Afghanistan becoming the new Iraq?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8078027.stm



    Things in Iraq seem to be getting bad again:

    Monday, 1 June 2009 11:39 UK

    US deaths in Iraq rise sharply in May

    Overall violence is well down on the levels of several years ago
    US forces in Iraq suffered their worst casualties last month since September 2008, with 24 soldiers killed.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8076457.stm
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  3. 06-03-2009, 01:32 AM #2
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    Afghanistan is the old Iraq.

    They have been at it longer than pretty much everybody.
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    Poor bastards. I wonder how many casualties aren't being reported now that Obllama is in office.
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    Quote Originally Posted by idiom View Post
    Afghanistan is the old Iraq.

    They have been at it longer than pretty much everybody.
    Not with IEDs. That is only about 2 years old for Afganistan.


    Anyways. Every year the war gets worse there.

    2008 ... 294 coalition fatalities
    2007 ... 232 coalition fatalities
    2006 ... 191 coalition fatalities
    2005 ... 131 coalition fatalities

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    Afghan IED blasts kill four US troops

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