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Black Hawk crash kills 7 Americans, 4 Afghans
Aug 17th, 2012
A U.S. military helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans and four Afghans in one of the deadliest air disasters of a war now into its second decade. The Taliban claimed they gunned down the Black Hawk. (Source: Associated Press) -
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