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Iraqi court drops case in British soldier slayings (AP)

October 10th, 2010

AP - A Baghdad court says there is not enough evidence to prosecute two Iraqi men accused of taking part in the 2003 mob slaying of six British soldiers.

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British soldier, 3 Afghan police killed by blasts (AP)

July 6th, 2010

US Army Gen. David Petraeus (R) greets Senators John McCain (L) and Carl Levin on Capitol Hill in June, 2010 in Washington, DC. McCain said Monday that incoming commander General David Petraeus could tweak strategy in the nearly nine-year war in Afghanistan, following two days of talks and battlefield tours.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AP - Three Afghan policemen and a British soldier were killed by roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan’s volatile south and east, officials said Tuesday.


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Bomb kills 2 US troops; NATO losses at 24 for June (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Comrades of fallen Canadian Sgt. Martin Goudreault carry his casket onto a plane during a ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield, in Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The latest death brings the number of Canadian military personnel who have died since the Afghan mission began in 2002 to 147. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Two American troops were killed by a roadside bomb and a British soldier was shot dead on patrol Tuesday, raising the NATO death toll in Afghanistan to two…