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    According to the details, at least a dozen of the U.S soldiers were killed as one of their tank traveling in the coalitions' convoy in Marjah's Sistani area was struck by a planted mine blast which was minutes later followed by another blast that tore apart a vehicle of Afghan soldiers leaving about 7 soldiers dead.
    Also Saturday, two straight blasts blast within moments of each other  targeted a tank and a group of U.S soldiers walking to the explosion site to recover the dead from the struck tank, however the death toll in both incident is unclear yet.
    In another incident elsewhere in the province, a U.S tank was destroyed in a roadside bomb blast in Khanshin district.
    Furthermore, four of the U.S. tanks were destroyed in the roadside bombings in other parts of Marjah, Babaji  and Gerisk district through Saturday which have pushed the number of the U.S. tanks destroyed in Helmand province to eight and their death toll to dozens.
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NATO Agrees Steps To Fill Yawning Budget Gap

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ISTANBUL: NATO defense ministers have agreed a package of measures to fill a gaping budget shortfall of hundreds of millions of euros, alliance Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced Feb. 5.
"Ministers have agreed a package of measures to ensure that our soldiers get the support they need in the field, and that we can make the other strategic investments we still need," he said at talks in Istanbul, Turkey.

"Solidarity in NATO means on the front line, but it also includes on the bottom line," he told the ministers.

A NATO official said the budget hole would amount to around 640 million euros ($878 million) this year in the alliance's investment budget. A separate budget funding military operations is unlikely to be greatly effected.

To address the problem, the ministers agreed to inject fresh money into the investment budget this year, to reform the budgetary system and to "make savings", she said, without providing details.

They also agreed to invest in operations and future strategic priorities.

Prior to the talks, a senior U.S. official urged the 28 NATO allies to invest more in missile defense and common projects, like heavy lift helicopters, medial facilities and technology to counter improvised bombs.
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"If you have a choice between not doing something, because you can't afford it, or paying a little and doing it collectively, it makes more sense, particularly in a time of dwindling resources," he told reporters.

A NATO official said U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the ministers here that "NATO is still using Cold War-era structures, the military structure is too heavy and has to be streamlined."

 



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