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By Amir Shah - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Aug 30, 2011 7:50:33 EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan — August has become the deadliest month for U.S. troops in the nearly 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, where international forces have started to go home and let Afghan forces take charge of securing their country.

A record 66 U.S. troops have died so far this month, eclipsing the 65 killed in July 2010, according to a tally by The Associated Press.

This month's death toll soared when 30 Americans — most of them elite Navy SEALs — were killed in a helicopter crash Aug. 6. They were aboard a Chinook shot down as it was flying in to help Army Rangers who had come under fire in Wardak province. It was the single deadliest incident of war being waged by Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces and ... Read the rest of the story here.

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The last two months have been the deadliest months in the war in Afghanistan. Do you think this shows more reason for our troops to be pulling out or shows more reason for our troops to stay?