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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 14 > Combat deaths in Afghanistan outnumber Iraq for first time in May

Combat deaths in Afghanistan outnumber Iraq for first time in May

By Robert Burns / The Bulletin
June 14, 2008

BRUSSELS, Belgium — It’s a grim gauge of U.S. wars going in opposite directions: American and allied combat deaths in Afghanistan in May passed the monthly toll in Iraq for the first time.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates used the statistical comparison to dramatize his point....

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