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Published August 06, 2011, 12:00 AM

File photo of Chinook


A U.S. Marine tries to take cover, perched on a container, trying to shelter from the dust as a Chinook helicopter arrives to pick up supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, in this June 9 file photo. Afghan President Hamid Karzai says 31 U.S. special forces and seven Afghan soldiers were killed when a helicopter, similar to the one shown, crashed Saturdayin eastern Wardak province. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
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