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Last update - 18:42 07/07/2009
American Jewish soldier killed in insurgent attack in Afghanistan
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: Jewish World, Israel News 

An American Jewish soldier was killed during an attack on his base in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, the U.S. Army has confirmed.

Pfc. Aaron Fairbairn, 20, of Aberdeen, Washington, was killed when an insurgent drove an explosives-filled truck into Combat Outpost Zerok and detonated it.

Another soldier - Pfc. Justin Casillas - was also killed in the attack, and 12 other soldiers were injured.
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Fairbairn and Casillas were both Alaska-based paratroopers.

Fairbairn's death comes just weeks after a British Jewish soldier was killed in Afghanistan in June. Lieutenant Paul Mervis, 27, was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near him while leading his platoon on foot patrol.

Two Jewish U.S. intelligence officers, Shawn Pine and Lieutenant Roslyn Schultte, were also killed recently in Kabul. Schulte, 25, was the first female graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy to be killed in action in Afghanistan or Iraq.

Australian Jewish soldier Gregory Sher, 30, was killed in January when his patrol base in southern Afghanistan came under rocket attack from Taliban insurgents.

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