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American spy plane crashed in UAE

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In a statement on Wednesday the American army announced that one American spy plane, type U2, crashed in the southern west of Asia on Tuesday and its captain was killed.

The United Arab Emirates said that the plane crashed on its landing in an American base in the Emirates. A statement by the American army said that the " ilot completed a mission in support of the permanent freedom operation ( inAfghanistan) and he was coming back to his base when the plane crashed."

An American spokesman said that the American army did not confirm the place of the plane downing because of sensitivities concerning the state which hosts the air base.

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