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B-52 bombs attackers of US base in Afghanistan
A B-52 heavy bomber targeted "enemy fighters" after a rocket attack on a US base in northeast Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said on Thursday. Two rockets were fired at Asadabad fire base in Kunar province 180 km northeast of Kabul on Wednesday but caused no casualties or damage, Colonel Rodney Davis told reporters at a Kabul military compound. "Mortars were fired at the suspected point of origin and close air support requested. A B-52 responded first, then two AV-8 harriers. The B-52 dropped a joint direct attack munitions bomb and the harriers dropped one 450-kg laser-guided bomb on enemy fighters observed at the suspected location," Davis said. It was not known if there were any casualties from the bombing and Davis said a "battle damage assessment" of the bombsite would be carried out on Thursday. Bring tweezers and a zip lock bag. Posted by: Steve 2003-07-24 |
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