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The journey home begins for injured soldiers
(CNN) – It seems that the more the war in Iraq winds down the deadlier the conflict in Afghanistan becomes. We're losing American lives there every day, sometimes every hour. Thankfully, many of our wounded warriors are now surviving battlefield injuries that would have killed them decades ago. Our Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr has the story of their journey home in this CNN exclusive report. Watch 
Military impersonators scamming women online
Perry and Paula Browning hold a photo of their son, Brian, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. (CNN)
(CNN) – Criminals are using photos of soldiers stolen off the Web to create fake profiles of eligible bachelors on a host of different dating Web sites. The scammers' goal? Lure women into falling in love, only to dupe them out of money in the end. CNN has confirmed it's happening to everyone from infantrymen all the way up to generals at the Pentagon. Special Investigations Unit correspondent Abbie Boudreau introduces to some victims of the crime. Watch
Fallout over leaked Afghan war documents
Julian Assange, founder of "WikiLeaks.org," holds up a copy of the Guardian newspaper in London on July 26, 2010. (Getty Images)
(CNN) – There's major fallout today over the leaking of classified documents from the war in Afghanistan to whistle-blower Web site WikiLeaks.org. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Pentagon is going after the hard drive belonging to Army Intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, who is already charged with leaking classified information. Our Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr has the latest. Watch
WikiLeaks founder speaks out about leaked Afghan war documents
Abducted U.S. service member killed
By Matiullah Mati, CNN
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) - One of two American service members who were abducted in Afghanistan on Friday has been killed, provincial government officials said Sunday.
Den Mohammad Darwish, the spokesman for the governor of Logar province, said he learned from locals that the American was killed. He said the body was found in the Patanak Mountains of Charkh district. He also said the vehicle the men were driving was located Sunday.
A Taliban spokesman confirmed that the killed American died in a firefight and the other is being held by the group.
Another official, Samar Gul Rashid - who is the governor of the Charkh district in Logar province - also confirmed the killing, saying he learned about it through Afghan intelligence officials.
In releasing a statement Sunday, the Navy confirmed that the two missing service members are sailors.
"The thoughts and prayers of our entire Navy go out to the missing sailors serving in Afghanistan and their families," said Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of U.S. naval operations, in the statement. "We have been closely following the situation from the outset. These sailors represent two of several thousand sailors serving on the ground in Afghanistan in support of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan.
Afghanistan 'shocked' by leaked U.S. documents
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From Atika Shubert, CNN
(CNN) – The Afghan government said Monday it was "shocked" as it sifted through tens of thousands of leaked U.S. military and diplomatic reports on the war in Afghanistan that a whistle-blower website posted a day earlier.
"The Afghan government is shocked with the report that has opened the reality of the Afghan war," said Siamak Herawi, a government spokesman.
WikiLeaks.org - a whistle-blower website - published on Sunday what it says are more than 90,000 United States military and diplomatic reports about Afghanistan filed between 2004 and January of this year.
The first-hand accounts are the military's own raw data on the war, including numbers killed, casualties, threat reports and the like, according to Julian Assange, the founder of the website. Watch
Summer camp for military kids helps deal with deployment
(CNN) – The stress of war and military deployment can be especially hard for the children left at home. Across the country, dozens of summer camps are trying to fill the void by bringing together military kids who share that experience. Our Jason Carroll visited one camp in this AM original report. Watch
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