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Green Berets Are Killed In A Possible Case Of Friendly Fire

By Tom Bowman
Published June 10, 2014 at 2:13 PM MDT
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Five U.S. soldiers have been killed recently in Afghanistan, the result of what might have been friendly fire from an American airplane. The deaths, if confirmed, would constitute the worst case of friendly fire in the war so far.

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Tom Bowman
Tom Bowman is a NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon.
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