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âDeadliest Dayâ in Afghanistan? Not by a Long Shot By Jim Naureckas. August 6, 2011, when 38 soldiers, including 30 U.S. troops, were killed when their helicopter was shot down, was the “deadliest day” of the Afghan War, several media outlets told us: David Muir (ABC World News Saturday, 8/6/11): “It was the deadliest day of the war in Afghanistan, 30 Americans, 22 Navy SEALs lost.”.
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World's longest sniper kill - 2.47km twice! Harrison's feat is clearly the stuff of legend. The previous record holder - Furlong - killed an al-Qaeda fighter from 2.43 km during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan in 2002. Furlong's shot was also legendary – he made military history. There would not be any military personnel in the world who would not be aware of Furlong's feat, and subsequently Harrison's, and who would not measure that distance off towards the horizon every day when they are in a combat zone.
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News & Information December 31, 2009. CIA Director Leon E. Panetta informed the Agency workforce today that seven of their colleagues were killed and six others were injured on Wednesday at a Forward Operating Base in Khost Province, Afghanistan. The casualties were the result of a terrorist attack.
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Afghanistan War Afghanistan War, international conflict in Afghanistan beginning in 2001 that was triggered by the September 11 attacks and consisted of three phases. The first phase—toppling the Taliban (the ultraconservative political and religious faction that ruled Afghanistan and provided sanctuary for al-Qaeda, perpetrators of the September 11 attacks)—was brief, lasting just two months.
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Afghanistan War By the time the U.S. and NATO combat mission formally ended in December 2014, the 13-year Afghanistan War had become the longest war ever fought by the United States. Prelude to the September 11 attacks. The joint U.S. and British invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 was preceded by over two decades of war in Afghanistan.
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- September 28 Events in History-September 28 Birthdays-September 28 Deaths. Ashraf Ghani is sworn in as Afghanistan's new president; Ghani will share power with runner-up candidate Abdullah Abdullah, who has taken the position of chief executive.shraf Ghani is sworn in as Afghanistan's new president; Ghani will share power with runner-up candidate Abdullah Abdullah, who has taken the position of chief executive.
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- As horrible as the 6,600 American deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are, the numbers in most of our previous wars were far higher, for reasons including the nature of the conflicts and the far more primitive battlefield medicine available at the time.
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Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan After 13 years Britain and the United States officially ended their combat operation in Afghanistan on October 26, 2014. On that day Britain handed over its last base in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion, while the United States handed over its last base, Camp Leatherneck, to Afghan forces.
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United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan As of October 1, 2015, there have been 2,326 U.S. military deaths in the War in Afghanistan. 1,856 of these deaths have been the result of hostile action.20,083 American servicemembers have also been wounded in action during the war. In addition, there were 1,173 U.S. civilian contractor fatalities.At the end of May 2010, the number of American fatalities was reported to have reached 1,000.f the 67, four died due to hostile action; a Marine and a civilian DoD employee killed by terrorist gunmen in Kuwait and two military airmen killed by a lone wolf terrorist in Germany. The website iCasualties.org lists, as of October 1, 2015, 2,271 servicemembers as having died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
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6 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Crash of Helicopter in Afghanistan 1 KABUL, Afghanistan — Six American soldiers died Tuesday when their helicopter crashed in a remote area of southern Afghanistan, in the single largest loss of life for foreign troops in nearly six months, international coalition officials said.
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- Journalists Killed in Afghanistan....................................................................................... .76. Civilians Killed in Afghanistan ..........................................................................................
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Betrayal of an all-American hero When American football star Pat Tillman died in 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan, the US Army tried to cover it up. A new documentary tells the story of his family's fight for the truth. Pat Tillman, who was shot by his own comrades in Afghanistan Photo: PA.
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- In casualties, the worst single-day battle in American history. 1862 September 17, 1862 The battle of the Antietam war took place on … September 16-17 1862. The battle lasted three days. It was told that the Antietam battle was the most bloodiest battle in military history.The Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg was fought September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam happened on September 17, 1862. It was one of the first Civil War battles to occur in the north-and also one of the deadliest.Nearly 23,000 people were killed, the highest death-toll for any single-day battle in U.S. history.he Battle of Antietam was a battle fought during the US Civil War. It saw General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fighting against the Union Army of the Potomac com … manded by Major General George B. McClellan.
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The Day Osama bin Laden Died People celebrate in the streets at Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Centre, waving American flags and honking horns to celebrate the death of al Qaeda founder and leader Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011.
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British aid worker murdered in Afghanistan was 'shot in the head by terrorists after suicide bomber killed security guard at restaurant where he was eating' British aid worker murdered in Afghanistan was 'shot in the head by terrorists after suicide bomber killed security guard at restaurant where he was eating'. Del Singh died in assault on heavily fortified restaurant in Kabul.
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Ten Years Later: Remembering the Deadliest Tsunami in Recorded History It still affects me most days, Dec. 26, 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami survivor Dwayne Meadows said. The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami is the deadliest tsunami in recorded history, and it caused an estimated $14 billion in damages at the time.Despite the horrors, I'm glad I was able to witness the event, Meadows said.I saw the best of humanity that day..he 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami is the deadliest tsunami in recorded history, and it caused an estimated $14 billion in damages at the time. Despite the horrors, I'm glad I was able to witness the event, Meadows said. I saw the best of humanity that day..
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Cervical screening Cervical screening is the process of detecting abnormal changes in the cervix before they can develop into cervical cancer. If the abnormal tissue or cells can be removed, then the disease can be prevented from developing.owever, it is acceptable to screen this age group with a Pap smear alone every 3 years. In women over the age of 65, screening for cervical cancer may be discontinued in the absence of abnormal screening results within the prior 10 years and no history high-grade lesions.
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Boxing Day tsunami: How the disaster unfolded 10 years ago Boxing Day tsunami: How the disaster unfolded 10 years ago. The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 is believed to be the deadliest tsunami in history, killing more than 230,000 people across 14 countries. It began at 7:59am local time on December 26, 2004, when a 9.1-magnitude quake struck off the northern tip of Sumatra in Indonesia.
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2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown 2011 Chinook shootdown in Afghanistan. On 6 August 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter, Call Sign Extortion 17, was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT FACTS September 11, 2001. The deadliest day in U.S. law enforcement history, 72 officers were killed as a result of the terrorist attacks on America. Seventy-one of the officers died while responding to the attacks on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, including 37 members of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department.
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US & Allied Killed US & Allied Killed. The number of United States troops who have died fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had passed 6,800 at the beginning of 2015.ey Findings. Over 6,800 US service members and over 6,900 contractors have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. An unusually high percentage of young veterans have died since returning home, many as a result of drug overdoses, vehicle crashes, or suicide.
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More Civilians Killed Last Year in One Mexican Border Town Than All Afghanistan On a per capita basis, a civilian was 30 times more likely to be murdered last year in Juarez, where there are 1,328,017 inhabitants according to Mexico’s 2010 census, than in Afghanistan, where there are 29,121,286 people according to the CIA World Factbook.