NATO says 4 U.S. troops killed by Afghan bomb

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The Associated Press
© August 6, 2009

KABUL

NATO says four American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in western Afghanistan.

The deaths Thursday drive the number of Western forces killed in Afghanistan in August to at least 15, a pace that could make the month the deadliest for the U.S. and NATO in the nearly eight-year war.

At least 44 U.S service members and 31 from other international military forces were killed in July, according to military reports.

Casualties among Afghans and international troops are climbing sharply as Western forces push into Taliban territory ahead of Aug. 20 presidential elections. Most violence takes place in the south and east, the traditional bases of the ethnic Pashtun insurgents. But the Taliban has also been ramping up attacks in the relatively calmer west and north.

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Let's not forget about them!

Submitted by marks57720 on Thu, 08/06/2009 at 2:38 pm.

Let's not forget about them! They are the HEROES! Not Vick, not that guy that helped that other SEAL get rid of some murdered woman, not the 3 guys who were involved in the rape of that poor navy woman...this should be headline news...these are news that should take precedence over those other idiots ALWAYS!!