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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: chartseer who wrote (73105)10/4/2009 7:17:45 AM
From: FJB   of 224733
 
Sun Oct 4, 2009 6:16am EDT
(Reuters) - Insurgents stormed remote outposts in eastern Afghanistan killing eight Americans in the deadliest battle in more than a year near the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

The fighting took place in the Kamdesh district of Nuristan province in high mountains on the eastern border with Pakistan.

Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001:

NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 867

Britain 219

Canada 131

Germany 35

France 35*

Denmark 25**

Spain 25

Netherlands 21

Italy 21

Other nations 63

TOTAL: 1,442

NOTES:

* Figures supplied by French military.

** Figures supplied by Danish Central Command, includes one suicide.

Sources: Reuters/icasualties (www.icasualties.org/oef), compiled from official figures.

(Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
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