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At Least 8 Americans Killed In Afghan Suicide Attack

Dec. 30, 2009
Conflicting reports were reaching the Pentagon on whether the victims were civilian or military in the bombing, at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province near the Pakistan border.
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