1.0 link 112362 <![CDATA[9 US Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/13/afghan-suicide-bomber-kil_n_112362.html KABUL, Afghanistan &mdash; A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base close to the Pakistan border killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said.

The attack on the American troops began around 4:30 a.m. and lasted throughout the day. Militants fired machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars from homes and a mosque in the village of Wanat in the mountainous northeastern province of Kunar, NATO's...

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