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Opportunity to join a u.s. evacuation mission as it flew into afghanistan and picked up the wounded and took them out of harm's 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 some of them are suffering from massive injuries. they have been in roadside bomb blasts and mortar ...

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 it's 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 are not as lethal as they used to be, they're not as frequent, and the credit is due to u.s. and i...

Decide will the pandemic is finally over. on bottom the european union's antipiracy force says somali pirates have released a cargo ship they've 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. when our troops in iraq and afghanistan are sleeping now, how are they protected? >> reporter: i...

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 aren't enough to keep iraqi voters from the polls. president obama is taking note of that, too. today's voting makes it clear that the future of iraq belongs to the people of iraq. >> today's nationwide election could determine iraq's future. we'll get an update live from baghdad. . but... don: ...say you live out here. don: can you get affordable prescriptions from walmart? now you can. i'm d...

He's going to the palestinian -- jordan. and he's 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 aren't enough to keep iraqi voters from the polls. president obama is taking note of that, too. today's voting makes it clear that the future of iraq belongs to the people of iraq. >> today's nationwide election could determine iraq's future. we'll get an update live from baghdad.