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DOD: 391 Military Deaths in Afghan Area

AP

Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 | 1:08 a.m.

As of Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, at least 391 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Nov. 3, 2007, at 10 a.m. EST.

Of those, the military reports 262 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 62 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen.

There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

- No deaths reported.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

- No identifications reported.

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On the Net:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/

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