Friday, June 25, 2010
Marine Lance Corporal Timothy Serwinowski, Killed in Afghanistan, June 21, 2010, age 21
This week was one of the toughest yet for the eight-year war in Afghanistan. On the same day the White House announced the removal of General Stanley McChrystal as the top American commander, news filtered out that June was already the worst month to date for allied fatalities.
Eighty NATO troops have died in Afghanistan so far this month, including 47 Americans. The previous monthly record for Allied deaths, 76, took place in August 2009. (The worst month for American fatalities was last October, when 59 died).
-Noel Brinkerhoff
June Deadliest Month for NATO Troops since Afghan War Began (by Ernesto Londoño,
Washington Post)
Fatalities by Year and Month (iCasualties.org)
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