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Four Talibs banged
BAGRAM AIR BASE: US coalition forces killed up to four Taliban or Al Qaeda fighters during a clash in southern Afghanistan while Afghan troops unearthed a massive ammunition dump. âAn estimated four anti-coalition fighters were killed last night (Thursday) after a larger group fired on Special Operations Forces on patrol north of Kandahar,â Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Lefforge told reporters at Bagram Air Base.
| It's only an estimated four Bad Guys. I guess that's the smallest number that could be formed with the pieces they've got. I do wish either that LTC Lefforge had finished that sentence or that the reporter had written it down... |
Two AH-64 Apache helicopter gunships were called in after the patrol came across 10 âanti-coalition fighters,â he said, referring to Taliban and Al Qaeda remnants.
| "I dunno which they were. They wuz wearin' turbans and shootin', that's all I know..." |
The fighters dispersed when helicopters arrived but the patrol then came under attack from another group of 15 gunmen on a ridge north of the main southern city of Kandahar. âThe AH-64s were vectored to the ridge line and engaged the enemy fighters with its turret gun, killing four in the fight,â Lefforge said, adding that four bodies were found.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-08-02 |
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