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World › Afghans say deadly U.S. raid based on misleading tip

Afghan officials said Thursday that a deadly U.S.-led special forces raid on a remote western village last week was based on misleading information provided by… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, Aug 28 2008

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