>Under Obama, U.S. Casualty Rate in Afghanistan Increased 5-Fold

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 

By Edwin Mora

(CNSNews.com) – The average monthly casualty rate for U.S. military forces serving in Afghanistan has increased 5-fold since President Barack Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009.

1,540 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan since Oct. 7, 2001, when U.S. forces began fighting in that country to oust the Taliban regime that had been harboring al Qaeda and to track down and capture or kill al Qaeda terrorists.

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