Bigger death toll in Afghanistan

Winter weather failed to deter insurgents from stepping up roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan, as both blasts and casualties among U.S. and allied troops in January more than doubled from a year earlier, Pentagon data show.

Coalition troops found 727 bombs in January compared with 276 in the same month of 2009. Blasts killed 32 U.S. and allied troops and wounded 137 others, compared with 14 deaths and 64 injuries in January 2009, according to the data. These bombs are the top killer of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

In previous years, winter was a slow season for Taliban and insurgent attacks in Afghanistan.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-02-14-ieds-afghanistan_N.htm

At some point in time, the "anti war progressives" (the ones who protested "Bush's wars") will realize that a dumb idea remains a dumb idea even after someone you like is elected president.