Military killed Taliban who downed US helicopter
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President Barack Obama boards Marine One helicopter Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., en route to Washington. Obama made an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base to pay tribute to the 30 U.S. troops killed over the weekend in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama boards Marine One helicopter Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., en route to Washington. Obama made an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base to pay tribute to the 30 U.S. troops killed over the weekend in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Photos of Navy SEAL Chris Campbell sit on the wood burning stove of his parents, Diane and Larry Campbell, Monday morning Aug. 8, 2011, in Jacksonville, N.C. On the left is a picture Chris with his wife Angelina taken approximately 3 yrs ago, and on the right is a picture of Campbell in his Navy uniform taken approximately 5 months ago. Campbell, 36, was one of 22 SEALs killed Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, along with eight other U.S. troops and eight Afghans when their helicopter was brought down in Afghanistan, his family told The Daily News of Jacksonville. (AP Photo/The Jacksonville Daily News, John Althouse)
In this 2007 photo provided by Robert Vickers, Kraig Vickers, of Maui, Hawaii, is shown in Afghanistan. Vickers, who would have turned 37 on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, is one the 30 American service members killed when a military helicopter was shot down Aug. 6, 2011, in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Robert Vickers)
This undated family photo shows Navy SEAL Chris Campbell in training attire. Campbell, 36, was one of 22 SEALs killed Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, along with eight other U.S. troops and eight Afghans when their helicopter was brought down in Afghanistan, his family told The Daily News of Jacksonville. (AP Photo/Family Photo via The Jacksonville Daily News)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The top commander in Afghanistan says international forces killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for downing a U.S. helicopter and killing 38 U.S. and Afghan forces over the weekend.
Marine Corps Gen. John Allen told a Pentagon news conference Wednesday that forces learned where the insurgents had fled to and killed them in an early Monday morning air strike.
A separate statement to the media from Afghanistan said the strike killed Taliban leader Mullah Mohibullah and the insurgent who fired the rocket-propelled grenade that downed the Chinook helicopter.
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