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African-American Women Casualties in Iraq

More women soldiers have died in Iraq than any other war since World War II. Columbia University professor and Essence magazine contributing writer Kristal Brent Zook says women of color represent a disproportionate number of these deaths, but that troubling news is being under-reported.

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