U.S. Navy SEALs Killed as Taliban Shoot Down NATO Helicopter
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A North Atlantic Treaty Organization CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down in an eastern province of Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. special operations forces, seven Afghan commandos and a civilian interpreter.
Twenty-two of the Americans killed were members of the U.S. Navy SEAL commando force, some from the elite unit once known as SEAL Team Six that carried out the May raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, said two U.S. officials today on condition of anonymity.