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08/19/08
MoD: Corporal Barry Dempsey killed in Afghanistan
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Corporal Barry Dempsey from The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, who was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 18 August 2008.

08/19/08 :
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Pfc. Jonathan L. Luscher, 20, of Scranton, Pa., died Aug. 17 at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry...

08/19/08 WaPo:
Bomb in Pakistan Kills at Least 26 People
As Pakistan's coalition government got off to a new start a day after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf, political disagreements and a bomb that killed at least 26 people Tuesday in the country's volatile northwest underscored...

08/19/08 :
DoD Identifies Army Casualties (2 of 2)
Pfc. Paul E. Conlon Jr., 21, of Somerville, Mass...died Aug. 15 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and then received small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

08/19/08 :
DoD Identifies Army Casualties (1 of 2)
1st Lt. Donald C. Carwile, 29, of Oxford, Va...died Aug. 15 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and then received small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

08/19/08 :
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Staff Sgt. Kristopher D. Rodgers, 29, of Sturgis, Mich., died Aug. 16 in Korengal, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team...

08/19/08 Reuters:
Sarkozy to fly to Afghanistan after French deaths
President Nicolas Sarkozy will fly to Afghanistan on Tuesday after 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 wounded in a clash with Taliban insurgents, and he declared France remained committed to its mission there.

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