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Yesterday was "the highest single-day [death] total in Afghanistan in nearly a year....Seven Americans, two Canadians and one Briton died in four separate incidents Monday."

So here is a list of Americans who have died since June 25:

1266	07/06/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Army	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	southern Afghanistan	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1265	07/06/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Army	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	southern Afghanistan	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1264	07/06/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Army	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kunduz	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1263	07/06/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Army	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kunduz	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1262	07/06/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Army	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kunduz	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1261	07/06/09	NAME NOT RELEASED YET	Not reported yet		U.S. Army	Not reported yet	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Kunduz	Not reported yet	Not reported yet
1257	07/04/09	Fairbairn, Aaron E.	Private 1st Class	20	U.S. Army	3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division	Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, indirect fire	Combat Outpost Zerok (eastern Paktika province)	Aberdeen	Washington
1256	07/04/09	Casillas, Justin A.	Private 1st Class	19	U.S. Army	3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division	Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, indirect fire	Combat Outpost Zerok (eastern Paktika province)	Dunnigan	California
1254	07/02/09	Sharp, Charles S.	Lance Corporal	20	U.S. Marine	2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Helmand province	Adairsville	Georgia
1249	06/29/09	Lynch, Terry J.	Sergeant	22	U.S. Army	3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)	Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack	Wardak Province	Shepherd	Montana
1251	06/28/09	Drees, Steven T.	Private	19	U.S. Army	2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division	Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, RPG	Landstuhl Reg. Med. Center	Peshtigo	Wisconsin
1250	06/26/09	Cross, Peter K.	Private 1st Class	20	U.S. Army	2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)

http://icasualties.org/oef/byNationality.aspx?hndQry=US

And this story is currently the 9th story on CNN.com, after:

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