AP (excerpts):  Kabul, Afghanistan - A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 US special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALS unit that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, along with seven Afghan commandos.  It was the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war.  The Taliban claimed they downed the helicopter with rocket fire while it was taking part in a raid on a house where insurgents were gathered in the prov...

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