U.S. Kills Insurgents Responsible for SEAL Helicopter Attack

NATO says gunman, others were tracked down after an "exhaustive manhunt."

By Peter Fulham | Posted Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at 12:34 PM EDT

An American airstrike in Afghanistan killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down a NATO helicopter and taking the lives of 30 U.S. service members, including 22 Navy SEALs, officials say.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the attack – which occurred in the Chak district of Afghanistan's Wardak province on Tuesday – killed both the man who was determined to have been the shooter and Mullah Mohibullah, the Taliban leader in the area, as well as a number of other insurgents... 

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