US soldier killed, two hurt in Afghan blast

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL314076.htm

KABUL, June 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was killed and two others wounded on Monday when their vehicle was hit by an explosion in central Afgahnistan, the U.S. military said in a statement.

It said the incident happened when the soldiers' Humvee vehicle hit an "improvised explosive device" in Deh Rawud district of Uruzgan province, scene of a joint operation by Afghan and U.S.-led forces since last week.

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[m-jean03]

1. RIP troop

Goddamn Bushco to hell x(

[UpInArms]

2. related article: U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghan Bombing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4178777,00.html

excerpt:

The death brought 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 91, including 54 killed in action.

A mine killed four American special forces on May 29 when they were traveling in a Humvee in neighboring Zabul province, one of the worst American combat losses since the war that drove the Taliban from power in late 2001.

More than 400 people have died in violence across Afghanistan this year, most in the south and east where U.S. and Afghan forces have killed dozens of suspected militants in recent weeks.

The U.S. military has assembled 20,000 troops, its largest-ever force in Afghanistan, in an attempt to prevent rebels from derailing the country's first post-Taliban election.

But there are signs the insurgency is expanding.

The warplanes struck early Sunday near Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan, after U.S. troops had exchanged fire with dozens of militants who sought refuge in the caves, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Tucker Mansager said.

The Americans called in ``air support that dealt with those caves,'' Mansager said.

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and isn't this (Afghanistan) the war they are touting as "successful"?

[thebigidea]

3. George Carlin better update his war vocabulary routine to incorporate IED

something like: "When I was a kid, things that blew up people were called BOMBS. Simple, brutal, effective: BOMB. It even sounded like what it did. But now they're 'improvised explosive devices' - and if ya wanna get even more impersonal, IED. Less messy, less BOMBy."