Afghan fights kill 8 coalition soldiers, 29 militants

08/28/2007

NEWS

U.S., Iraqi forces kill 33 insurgents
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Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters and jet
fighters
attacked and killed 33 Sunni insurgents who were holding back the water
supply
to the Shiite town of Khalis, the American command said in a statement
Tuesday.

Bush to urge patience in Iraq
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President Bush aims to inspire patience with the war Tuesday by arguing
that
the fight against extremists in Iraq is crucial to U.S. security and
the
future of a strategic, struggling region.

Afghan fights kill 8 coalition soldiers, 29 militants
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Fighting between NATO troops and Taliban fighters killed eight soldiers
including six Westerners in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where
insurgent
attacks are running at their highest level since the U.S. invasion,
officials
said Monday.