Afghanistan: Copter Downed by Taliban Fire – Elite U.S. Unit Among Dead

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A great loss:

In the deadliest day for American forces in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter on Saturday, killing 30 Americans, including some Navy Seal commandos from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as 8 Afghans, American and Afghan officials said.

via Copter Downed by Taliban Fire – Elite U.S. Unit Among Dead – NYTimes.com.

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