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unhappycamper

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 09:55 AM Nov 2012

Casualties Down But IED Attacks Continue

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/11/23/casualties-down-but-ied-attacks-continue.html?comp=1198882887570&rank=1




Casualties Down But IED Attacks Continue
Nov 23, 2012
Stars and Stripes | by Seth Robson

ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Despite the U.S. military spending more than $65 billion over the past six years fighting roadside bombs, officials at the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization predict attacks with the devices in Afghanistan will top 16,000 for the second straight year.



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