May's combat deaths in Afghanistan outnumber Iraq

Saturday, June 14, 2008

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- It's a grim gauge of U.S. wars going in opposite directions: American and allied combat deaths in Afghanistan in May passed the monthly toll in Iraq for the first time.

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