International forces kill insurgents who shot down chopper

CTV Wednesday 10th August, 2011

WASHINGTON -; The top commander in Afghanistan says international forces have killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for downing a U.S. helicopter and killing 38 U.S. and Afghan forces over the weekend. Marine Corps Gen. John Allen told a Pentagon news conference Wednesday that forces learned where the insurgents had fled to and killed them in ...

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