NEW ACTION-PACKED COMBAT VIDEO OF U.S. FORCES FIGHTING TALIBAN

Footage of U.S. and Afghan forces fighting through an ambush in and around the village of Laui Kalay, in the Kunar province of Afghanistan. Anti-Afghanistan forces engaged with small arms, automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades from two locations. U.S. and Afghan forces returned fire and called in mortar and OH-557 Kiowa air support. Provided by 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

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MORE VIDEO OF BOMB BLASTS THAT ROCKED BAGHDAD AND MOSUL

A series of bomb blasts has killed more than 50 people near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. The attacks came less than 24 hours after workers began removing protective blast walls around the capital, under government orders. As Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid reports, the bombings underscore the violence that still plagues the country following the pull back of US troops from Iraq's major cities in June.

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VIDEO OF BOMB BLASTS IN BAGHDAD

Dozens of worshippers have been killed in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, as a series of bombs went off after Friday prayers, reports Tarel Bazely of Al Jazeera. The latest reports indicate at least 95 Iraqis have been killed and over 300 wounded.

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6 U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

6 U.S. troops die in Afghanistan ahead of election

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KABUL (AP) — The U.S. military said Wednesday six American troops were killed in Afghanistan, as militants killed six election workers amid growing fears on the eve of the presidential election that insurgents would mar the vote.

Two troops were killed in gunfire in the south on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, while a third was killed in an unspecified hostile attack. The U.S. also said a roadside bomb Tuesday in the south killed two troops, while another died of noncombat-related injuries. No other details were released.

BACKGROUND: Gunfire erupts ahead of presidential vote

The deaths bring to at least 32 the number of American troops killed in the country this month, a record pace. Forty-four U.S. troops died in Afghanistan last month, the deadliest month of the eight-year war.

Attacks in the countryside killed six election workers, officials said Wednesday, one day before Afghanistan decides whether President Hamid Karzai deserves a second five-year term. In Kabul, three Taliban militants took over a bank, and gunfire and small explosions reverberated throughout the capital. Police stormed the bank and killed the three militants.

The drumbeat of attacks would appear to signal the intent of Taliban insurgents and their militant allies to disrupt Thursday's vote.

SERVICE DOGS HELP WOUNDED GIS WITH PTSD (WATCH VIDEO)

East Coast Assistance Dogs provide wounded veterans with service dogs to help them with their injuries.

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