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January 26, 2011

U.S. Deaths from Roadside Bombings Soar in Afghanistan 
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In Afghanistan, new figures show the number of U.S. troops killed by
roadside bombs increased 60 percent last year. According to the
Washington Post, 268 soldiers were killed by improvised explosive
devices, or IEDs, in 2010, about as many as in the three previous years
combined. The IED attacks also wounded more than 3,360 troops, an
increase of 178 percent over the year before.



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