The Count
As of Tuesday, day 3,020 of the war in Afghanistan and day 2,474 of the war in Iraq …
By Jake Armstrong 01/14/2010
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American military service members (the same as last week) have died in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, and 4,375 (1 more than last week) have died in Iraq since the war began in 2003, according to the US Defense Department.
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drones fired missiles that killed 16 insurgents Tuesday in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the Los Angeles Times reported. Such strikes by drones are uncommon in Afghanistan, where they are primarily used for surveillance, according to the Times.
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years is how long it would take one person to watch all the video footage shot by US drones flying over Afghanistan in 2009, 3 times more footage than the remote-controlled planes collected in 2007, the New York Times reported.
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people were arrested and 440 pounds of C4 explosive were seized by Iraqi authorities during a series of raids Tuesday, Reuters reported.
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