2 U.S. TROOPS AND 11 AFGHAN CIVILIANS KILLED FRIDAY

By AMIR SHAH, ROHAN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writers, Associated Press Writers

updated 7:00 a.m. CT, Fri., June 11, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan - Two U.S. troops and at least 11 civilians died in violence across southern Afghanistan on Friday, including one attack in which a suicide bomber wearing a burqa blew himself up in a bazaar.

Violence has spiked recently in Afghanistan's volatile south as Taliban insurgents step up attacks ahead of a planned major operation by NATO forces to secure the main city of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in Brussels on Friday that insurgents have killed 59 Afghans during the past seven days, 54 of them in Kandahar. He told NATO ministers that insurgents also wounded 116, including 94 in Kandahar.

IRAQ WAR IS NOT OVER: 2 AMERICANS 3 IRAQIS KILLED BY CAR BOMB

Iraq: Car bomb kills 2 Americans, 3 Iraqis

ADAM SCHRECK June 11, 2010 10:47 AM EST BAGHDAD — A car bomb struck a U.S.-Iraqi military convoy north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people, including two American troops.

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Iraqi officials said a suicide attacker hit the patrol of Humvees and Stryker vehicles in the town of Jalula, about 80 miles (125 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, not far from the Iranian border.

American forces responsible for operations in Iraq's north confirmed the casualties in Diyala province. Names of the casualties were not released, pending notification of family members.

They said three Iraqis, including one police officer, were also killed, and about 22 were wounded in the blast.

A man who was watching the patrol from his doorway when the bomber struck said he believed troops were searching for weapons after a dispute among residents brandishing hand grenades and firearms the previous day.

The man, who gave his name as Abu Kowyan, said the assailant attacked from a nearby alley, ramming his car into the joint patrol as troops were getting out of their vehicles.

He said he counted about seven or eight American soldiers lying on the ground shortly after the blast. The fiery explosion shattered windows in his house 20 yards (meters) away.

Iraqi police, hospital and local officials said the blast killed five Iraqis, including a policeman and a woman, and wounded 14 others. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information.

Conflicting casualty tolls are common in the confusion after an attack.
U.S. forces have largely pulled back from urban areas in Iraq as Iraqis take responsibility for securing their country before a full American withdrawal by the end of next year.

The number of Americans dying in Iraq has dropped sharply, but attacks continue.

Friday's attack raised to at least four the number of American deaths this month, but the two earlier ones were not related to combat, according to an Associated Press tally.

The Jalula bombing was the second deadly attack in Iraq on Friday.
A bomb hidden in a pile of trash exploded at a market in southern Baghdad, killing three people. That explosion, in the capital's Dora neighborhood, wounded 10 people.
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Associated Press Writer Bushra Juhi contributed to this report.

NEW TALIBAN VIDEO OF ATTACK ON U.S. CONVOY

Footage shows the Taliban attacking a U.S. convoy in Afghanistan.
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NEW AFGHAN WAR FOOTAGE

From training to the battlefield of Afghanistan, this video follows a platoon of U.S. troops into the war.

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U.S. MEDICS MAKE TOUGH CHOICE TO SAVE ENEMY COMBATANT

The medics on this medical chopper have to make a tough decision and take a wounded enemy combatant to an Afghanistan hospital or to a U.S. hospital. The decision is made and the chopper goes to the U.S. hospital where the severely wounded enemy combatant is given first class medical treatment.

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U.S. ARMY ENGAGE TALIBAN 4 DAYS AGO IN HELMAND PROVINCE

This is fresh video just in from Afghanistan and shows U.S. Army troops engaging the Taliban in Helmand Province.

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: SUICIDE BLAST KILLS 40 AT AFGHANISTAN WEDDING

This exclusive video shows what happened after a suicide bomber blew themselves up at an Afghanistan wedding killing 40 people including many members of the Afghanistan police.

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DEFENSE SEC. GATES TALKS ABOUT 4 AMERICANS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates comments on the four Americans killed when their chopper was shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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MARINES POUND TALIBAN COMPOUND

Video shows how Marines have stepped up the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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AMAZING COMBAT RESCUE IN AFGHANISTAN

Great video of a Combat Rescue Team saving the lives of wounded American troops in Afghanistan.

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U.S. TROOPS GO ON ATTACK AGAINST TALIBAN

Video shows how U.S. and NATO forces have escalated the attacks on the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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FIRST VIDEO: SIX DEAD IN ATTACK ON SUPPLY TRUCKS HEADED TO AFGHANISTAN

Six people were killed when supply trucks from Pakistan headed to Afghanistan were attacked.

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U.S. CHOPPER SHOT DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN: 4 AMERICANS DEAD

Copter shot down in Afghanistan; 4 Americans dead

Jun 09, 2010 5:00 AM CDT
By RAHIM FAIEZ and ROHAN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writers

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents shot down a NATO helicopter and killed four American troops in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the military said, in the latest bloodshed ahead of a major operation in the militants' heartland.

The violence came as Afghanistan's ousted intelligence chief warned in an interview with The Associated Press that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's strategy of seeking reconciliation with the Taliban was dangerously flawed.

The deaths, and that of a British soldier killed by an improvised bomb in a separate attack Wednesday, take NATO's toll to 29 deaths in nine days, according to an AP count. The United States, whose some 94,000 troops vastly outnumber the rest of the allies' contributions in Afghanistan, has lost 17 service members since Sunday.

DRAMATIC AERIAL COMBAT FOOTAGE FROM AFGHANISTAN

Steve Harrigan of Fox News reports on a U.S. aerial attack on the Taliban with particular emphasis against causing civilian casualties.

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INTENSE FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN (RAW VIDEO)

Video shows troops in an intense firefight in Afghanistan. The coming weeks will see much more of this type of action as NATO troops attack the city of Kandahar.

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KANDAHAR HOSPITAL PREPARES FOR MASS CASUALTIES

The warning alarm has sounded and Kandahar Hospital goes into complete preparations to receive the wounded that will be arriving shortly from the battlefield. Kandahar is the Taliban stronghold and it is expected the fight for control of Kandahar is going to be bitter and bloody.

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BOMB KILLS 2 US TROOPS; NATO LOSSES AT 24 FOR JUNE

Bomb kills 2 US troops; NATO losses at 24 for June

By ROHAN SULLIVAN

Associated Press Writer
updated 8:07 a.m. CT, Tues., June 8, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan - Three more NATO troops were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military said, extending a spike of bloodshed into a second day and pushing the death toll for foreign forces in the country to 24 in little more than a week.

The latest deaths, including at least two Americans, came as insurgents step up bombings and other attacks ahead of a major NATO operation in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar that Washington hopes will turn the tide of the nearly 9-year-old war.

Monday was the bloodiest day this year for international forces in Afghanistan, when seven American troops, two Australians and a French Legionnaire were killed in five separate insurgent attacks in the south and east of the country. Two civilian contractors training police, an American and a Nepalese, also died in a brazen suicide attack Monday in the southern city of Kandahar.

NATO said two service members were killed Tuesday in a makeshift bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, and the U.S. military confirmed they were Americans.

NATO said later that another service member was killed Tuesday in small arms fire in southern Afghanistan. No further details were given.

7 U.S. TROOPS, 2 AUSTRALIANS AND A FRENCH LEGIONNAIRE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN BLOODBATH

KABUL, Afghanistan — Seven American troops, two Australians and a French Legionnaire were killed in the bloodiest day this year for international forces in Afghanistan. A U.S. contractor training Afghan police also died in a brazen suicide attack.

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The bloodshed Monday came as insurgents step up bombings and other attacks ahead of a major NATO operation in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar that Washington hopes will turn the tide of the nearly nine-year-old war.

Half the NATO deaths - five Americans - occurred in a single blast in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks said without giving further details. It was a grim reminder the insurgents can strike throughout the country - not simply in the south, which has become the main focus of the U.S. campaign.

Two other U.S. troops were killed in separate attacks in the south - one in a bombing and the other by small arms fire.

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INSIDE THE GREEN BERETS: UNDER ATTACK

Producer from National Geographic describes what happened when they accompanied a Green Beret patrol on a mission in Afghanistan and come under attack.

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GREEN BERETS

"The Ballad of the Green Berets" sung by Sgt. Berry Sadler along with footage of the Green Berets in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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SPECIAL FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN

Video of a unit of the Special Forces on a patrol in Afghanistan.

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THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A REAL AMBUSH

Not what you were expecting.

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VIOLENT FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN

Video shows American forces engaged in a violent firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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NAMES OF 3 MARINES FROM CAMP PENDLETON KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

Three Marines from Camp Pendleton killed in Afghanistan

June 7, 2010 4:38 pm
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Three Marines from Camp Pendleton have been killed in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced today.

The three, all from the 3rd Battalion, lst Regiment, 1st Marine Division, were killed Sunday in Helmand province, the onetime Taliban stronghold in southwestern Afghanistan.

The three were identified as Sgt. Brandon C. Bury, 26, of Kingwood, Texas; Lance Cpl. Derek Hernandez, 20, of Edinburg, Texas; and Cpl. Donald M. Marler, 22, of St. Louis, Mo. No details about the deaths were released.

10 NATO SOLDIERS KILLED IN A SINGLE DAY IN AFGHANISTAN

KABUL (AFP) – Ten NATO soldiers including at least one American were killed in a string of attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, one of the heaviest tolls suffered by the alliance in a single day.

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Of the total toll, confirmed to AFP by an alliance spokesman, five soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in eastern Afghanistan, one as a result of gunfire also in the east and another by an IED in the south.

Earlier in the day the alliance announced the deaths of two other soldiers in a bomb attack and of one American soldier in a shooting.

Separately, two foreign contractors, one of them an American, were killed Monday in a suicide attack on an Afghan police training centre in the southern city of Kandahar, the US embassy said.

The Afghanistan war has been going on for 104 months which makes it longer than the Vietnam War.

WATCH HOW MARINES CASUALLY HANDLE A TALIBAN AMBUSH

Watch video to see how Marines casually handle a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan.

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MARINES REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 7S FIRST PATROL IN AFGHANISTAN

Video shows the U.S. Marines Regimental Combat Team 7 on their first patrol in Afghanistan.

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YOU WON'T SEE THIS ON CNN

GIs in Iraq show what they get as news on local Iraqi television.

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EXPLOSIVE WAR FOOTAGE YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO SEE

This a collection of pictures and video from the Afghanistan war that the Department of Defense in concert with the mainstream media would prefer you not see.

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AWARD WINNER: MOST DANGEROUS PLACE IN THE WORLD: KORENGAL VALLEY AFGHANISTAN

Video shows one platoon in the most dangerous place in the world, the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan.

Footage shows soldiers in fierce battles with the Taliban.

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