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US Troops Kill Seven Afghan Police

Police fired on GIs on night mission; mistook them for Taliban

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 12, 2007 10:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – U.S. troops mistakenly killed seven Afghan police during a nighttime mission yesterday. The police originally fired on the Americans, thinking they were Taliban fighters; in response, the soldiers opened fire and called in attack aircraft. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai called the shooting...   Read full story »

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