US soldier killed in Afghan clash, prisoners freed

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KABUL - An American soldier was killed in a firefight with suspected Taleban guerrillas in Afghanistan on Thursday, the US military said.

The clash occured in the restive southern province of Kandahar as Afghan and US troops were conducting a joint combat patrol, the US military said in a statement. snip

Also on Thursday, the US military released 47 suspected Taleban prisoners, the latest in a series of releases aimed at coaxing members of the insurgent group to give up their fight.

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1. feh

feh

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2. Pile 'em high

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah and pile 'em high in Kandahar in Afghanistan

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg

Bring all the troops home live & well, not in pine boxes or hospital airplanes.