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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:07 am Post subject: 2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.e928c23f6a4349b5bdce77e511cbe52c.afghanistan_xdg103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Gaugqd7ZrUrsVsKH_eSkfQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines pauses briefly in the heat to rest with his heavy pack filled with mortar equipment, ammunition, food, and water in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday, July 4, 2009. Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops and wounding several more in a two-hour battle, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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