7 U.S. troops slain in Afghanistan
Five die in a single attack in Kandahar. The deaths bring the U.S. toll for August to 49, with 14 slain in the last three days.
— Roadside bombs killed seven American troops Monday, including five in a single blast in Kandahar, raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the last three days.
Military officials gave no further details of the blasts, except to say they occurred in the south, the main theater of the conflict, and that five troops were killed in a single blast.
Witnesses said the five died when a bomb struck a Humvee on a main road on the outskirts of Kandahar, the focus of a military campaign to secure the city that the Taliban used as its base during its years in power. The attackers apparently targeted the Humvee because it was not as heavily armored as other vehicles in the convoy.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-casualties-20100831,0,2749111.story
Guess they did not hear Obama's speech about how the war is over.
Five die in a single attack in Kandahar. The deaths bring the U.S. toll for August to 49, with 14 slain in the last three days.
— Roadside bombs killed seven American troops Monday, including five in a single blast in Kandahar, raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the last three days.
Military officials gave no further details of the blasts, except to say they occurred in the south, the main theater of the conflict, and that five troops were killed in a single blast.
Witnesses said the five died when a bomb struck a Humvee on a main road on the outskirts of Kandahar, the focus of a military campaign to secure the city that the Taliban used as its base during its years in power. The attackers apparently targeted the Humvee because it was not as heavily armored as other vehicles in the convoy.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-casualties-20100831,0,2749111.story
Guess they did not hear Obama's speech about how the war is over.
