Civilian Killed in U.S. Navy Exercise
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Navy on Tuesday began investigating what went wrong when two jets on a Kosovo training mission accidentally launched 500-pound bombs that killed a civilian security guard on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
Angry residents gathered outside Vieques City Hall on Tuesday. “Get the Navy out!” they yelled.
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