4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

[Snazzy]

4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

May 29, 9:31 PM (ET)

By STEPHEN GRAHAM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Four members of the American special forces were killed in action in a southern Afghan province at the heart of a stubborn Taliban-led insurgency, the U.S. military said Sunday.

The victims died Saturday in Zabul province, about 240 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul, military spokeswoman Master Sgt. Cindy Beam said in an e-mailed statement. She gave no details of how they were killed.

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The toll was among the worst suffered by U.S. forces since the start of the war which toppled the Taliban in late 2001 for harboring al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

It brings the total number of American service personnel who have died in and around Afghanistan since the start of the U.S. war on terrorism to at least 89, including 55 killed in action.

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040530/D82SJIP80.html

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1. Afganistan: The Forgotten War the US Lost on Purpose

Someone should write a book.

[Leprechan29]

2. The Forgotten War

At least Korea ended before people forgot about it. Its disgusting how people can forget a conflict such as Korea and now ignore what is still going on in Afghanistan. I guess Iraq was an effective enough distraction...

[cornfedyank]

4. the real history needs to be written

after we gave them the stinger missles that helped kick the soviets out, all that needed to be done was a little follow up help to reopen old trade routes. those people would have remembered an unselfish gesture.

wage peace ----it's cheaper in the long run

[kalian]

3. Wow....SF teams getting their butts whipped....

Hmmm...faulty intel, I'm sure.