Wednesday, November 11, 2009

U.S. Military Sees Increase In Wounded In Afghanistan


From NPR/AP:

Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those who fought in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago.

Amputations, burns, brain injuries and shrapnel wounds proliferate in Afghanistan, due mostly to crude, increasingly potent improvised bombs targeting U.S. forces. Others are hit by snipers' bullets or mortar rounds.

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My Comment: The numbers are just staggering .... and they show no letting up.

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