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Eugene

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Sat May 4, 2013, 09:55 AM May 2013

Afghan roadside bomb kills five US Nato soldiers

Source: BBC

4 May 2013 Last updated at 13:47 GMT

Afghan roadside bomb kills five US Nato soldiers

A roadside bomb has killed five US soldiers serving as part of the Nato force in southern Afghanistan, the alliance says.

The deaths came after three British troops were killed by a roadside bomb this week in southern Helmand province.

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The statement did not give further details of the bomb's location or the nationality of those killed, but police in Kandahar and unnamed US officials told news agencies the troops were American.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22412411
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Afghan roadside bomb kills five US Nato soldiers (Original Post) Eugene May 2013 OP
So who gets to be the last to die for this stupid war? nt bemildred May 2013 #1
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