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U.S. Deaths Due To Improvised Bombs Down In Afghanistan | While insurgents in Afghanistan are leaving more improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as traps for U.S. forces there, fewer Americans are dying. According to Pentagon numbers reported by USA Today, home made bombs are up 5 percent since March. But, for the first time since 2007, IEDs accounted for less than half of all U.S. deaths. So far this year, of 145 U.S. deaths, 70 were caused by IEDs. Here’s a chart put together by USA Today:
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