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. July 15, 2010 8 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan --------------------------------- The US military says eight American troops have been killed in several attacks over a twenty-four-hour period in Afghanistan. Forty-five international troops have died in Afghanistan this month, which follows the record 103 killed in June. .