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As newly arriving Marines enter violent Afghan south
-- the spiritual home of the Taliban and the country's major drug-producing region
-- the military said Tuesday that U.S. deaths will likely increase even further this summer. U.S. experts say they expect improvised explosive device attacks -- roadside bombs and suicide attacks
-- to rise 50 percent this year, contributing to the increase in casualties.
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