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10 French troops slain in Afghan mountains

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SUROBI, Afghanistan - Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 elite French paratroopers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early Tuesday on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border.


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This article was published August 20, 2008 at 4:21 a.m.

Front Section, Pages 1, 5 on 08/20/2008

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