The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 31, 2010 19 US Troops Killed Since Saturday in Afghanistan ------------------------------------------------- In news from Afghanistan, five US troops died earlier today in a roadside bomb explosion. Nineteen US troops have died in Afghanistan since Saturday. .