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Our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, made the trip with a group of wounded u.s. troops. it started in the war zone of afghanistan. she picks up their story at the landstuhl military hospital in germany. >> got it? >> got it. >> eight hours after leaving the war zone, words of comfort. >> welcome to landstuhl, youre safe now, theyre going to take good care of you, okay? >> for some, the rush to intensive care, even as stretchers keep coming off the overnight flight from afghanistan. these c...

Starr, made the trip with a group of wounded u.s. troops. it started in the war zone of afghanistan. she picks up their story at the landstuhl military hospital in germany. >> got it? >> got it. >> eight hours after leaving the war zone, words of comfort. >> welcome to landstuhl, youre safe now, theyre going to take good care of you, okay? >> for some, the rush to intensive care, even as stretchers keep coming off the overnight flight from afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just a...

Afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just arrived from afghanistan here at the aregional medical center. some of them are suffering massive injuries. they have been in roadside bomb blasts, mortar attacks, it is here that you can begin to see the price the wounded are paying in this war. in the last several weeks, trauma director lieutenant colonel raymond fang has seen first hand whats happening to troops carrying out the strategy of protecting afghan civilians. >> we see a lot mor...

Overnight flight from afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just arrived from afghanistan here at landstuhl regional medical center. some of them are suffering massive injuries. they have been in roadside bomb blasts, mortar attacks. it is here that you can begin to see the price the wounded are paying in this war. in the last several weeks, trauma director lieutenant colonel raymond fang has seen firsthand what is happening to troops carrying out the strategy of protecting afghan ci...

>> welcome. youre safe now. >> reporter: for some, the rush to intensive care, even as stretchers keep coming off the overnight flight from afghanistan. these critically wounded troops have just arrived from afghanistan here at landstuhl regional medical center some suffering from massive injuries. they have been in roadside bomb blast, mortar attacks. it is here that you can begin to see the price the wounded are paying in this war. in the last several weeks, lieutenant colonel raymond fang has...

Opportunity to join a u.s. evacuation mission as it flew into afghanistan and picked up the wounded and took them out of harms way. no journalist has ever taken this journey of pain and hero m heroism. here is the story from cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> got it? >> got it. >> reporter: eight hours after leaving the war zone, words of comfort. >> welcome to the hospital. >> reporter: these critically wounded troops have arrived from afghanistan at the regional medical center, and s...

What do you think our expectations should be as far as security on the ground in iraq? >> sure. yeah, the attacks were unfortunate, although in the mortar attacks, nobody was hurt and the vice president was certainly okay. it is a reminder that terrorist groups do continue to operate in iraq but its worth putting it in perspective as compared to the levels of violence that you saw in 2006 and even 2007. terrorist groups are no longer able to threaten the viability of the iraqi state, the attacks...

Decide will the pandemic is finally over. on bottom the european unions antipiracy force says somali pirates have released a cargo ship theyve been holding for more than a month, the crew is said to be safe and okay. jon: body armour and helmets protect our troops when on patrol but what about when they sleep? a team of engineers and scientists might now have a solution. blast-proof and bullet-proof panel phos tents and other places where our fighting men and women rest. rick leventhal is here...

Issues. >> a big trip. thank you very much. azadeh and jess jordan holding the fort down here at the international and domestic desk. all right. appreciate it. you know, mortar attacks and roadside bombs arent enough to keep iraqi voters from the polls. president obama is taking note of that, too. todays voting makes it clear that the future of iraq belongs to the people of iraq. >> todays nationwide election could determine iraqs future. well get an update live from baghdad. . but... don: ...sa...

Hes going to the palestinian -- jordan. and hes going to be talking about bilateral and regional issues. >> a big trip. thank you very much. azadeh and jess jordan holding the fort down here at the international and domestic desk. all right. appreciate it. you know, mortar attacks and roadside bombs arent enough to keep iraqi voters from the polls. president obama is taking note of that, too. todays voting makes it clear that the future of iraq belongs to the people of iraq. >> todays nationwide...