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IED Blasts Hit Record In July

August 20 2010

Afghanistan

Official U.S. figures show that improvised explosive device (IED) attacks wounded a record number of American and coalition troops last month in Afghanistan, USA Today reports.

More than 1,300 IEDs were detonated or defused in July -- a 42 percent increase over July 2009, according to the Pentagon's Joint IED Defeat Organization.

There were 399 service members wounded in IED blasts last month; 53 were killed.

Many more would have died without the widespread use of armored...

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