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>> reporter: the doors have just shut on this air medical evacuation flight here in bagram, afghanistan. the wounded have already been loaded. you can see that medical staff is already taking care of them even before we take off. we are about to go on an eight-hour flight back to germany. these troops are going to a medical center for further treatment. matthew cain, a medic, was on patrol helping other wounded when he was hit. your vest didnt protect you? >> it was about one inch right under it...

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...

Again. sure enough hed suffered another explosion injury. >> reporter: the doors have just shut on this air medical evacuation flight here in bagram, afghanistan. the wounded have already been loaded. you can see that medical staff is already taking care of them, even before we take off. we are about to go on an eight-hour flight back to germany. these troops are going to landstuhl regional medical center for further treatment. matthew, a medic, was on patrol helping our wounded when he was hit....

They do their job. i respect them a lot. >> reporter: before dennis moves to the plane, a last emotional hug from the trauma dock jash wa miller. >> i saw him over in that wheelchair and i took a look and said, what are you doing here again? im not supposed to see you again. he suffered another explosion injury. >> reporter: the doors have just shut on this air medical evacuation flight here in bagram, afghanistan. the wounded have already been load loaded, and you can see medical staff taking c...

Out some way to keep people from using blackberries for terrorism. >> r.i.m. respects both the regulatory requirements of government and the security and privacy needs of corporations and consumers. none of this, though, is finalized. the ban doesnt take effect until october 11. and the company and uae are in active discussions to try to find some type of middle ground. r.i.m. says it wont disclose any specifics of their regulatory discussions. wolf? >> all right, lisa, thank you. >> a cnn exclu...

Challenging them and n regions where they had free reign and training afghan national security forces. because in this region and beyond, we will tolerate no safe haven for al qaeda and their extremist allies. we will disrupt, we will dismantle, and we will ultimately defeat al qaeda. >> 66 american troops died in afghanistan last month. a new record for the war. and the growing u.s. commitment has meant a growing toll of wounded. cnn was given an exclusive opportunity to join a u.s. evacuation ...

And then they med evaced me. >> reporter: dennis praises the doctors and nurses. >> these people are awesome. i mean, they do their job. i respect these guys a lot. >> a last emotional hug from the trauma doc, captain joshua miller. >> i saw him over there in that wheelchair and i just took another look at him and said what are you doing here again? and sure enough, he had suffered enough explosion injury. >> the doors have just shut on then air medical evacuation flight here in bagram, afghanis...

Security and welfare of the country, pointed the direction towards the exit door. >> shepard: before we move on, i want to ask the two sailors. >> right. >> every indication seems to be one is dead and the other is a hostage and they want to exchange the body of our dead sailor for some prisoners. what do you know? anything? inside information information. >> i run a large ground network in afghanistan and i was told they stopped to buy something in a market and were spotted by the taliban who t...

About the politics of this, the political impact of it, and what do you think the fallout is? obviously, vilsack tried to take this all on hill -- himself saying i did this on my own. of course, that goes against what this woman told cnn. it was the white house that was involved. what is the fallout for the white house and for the president who we were told learned later and agreed with the firing? >> well, i think that the deputy under secretary that called this woman and told her get to the si...

Lot longer, you are a nicer guy than i am. michael goodwin. >> now to iraq, homicide bombers killing at least 48 people in two separate attacks, heres video of the wounded being rushed to a nearby hospital, the attacks targeting members, working with the government, to fight al qaeda, in iraq. dominic de natali screaming live from baghdad. >> lets look at who was attacked and this group of militants were instrumental in turning the uncontrolled violence in 2007, when the u.s. began its surge. th...