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US coalition says it kills 11 Taliban in operation
The U.S. coalition said Friday its forces killed 11 Taliban militants, including the leader of a bomb-making cell, during an operation in southern Afghanistan. The raid in Kandahar province on Thursday targeted a bomb-maker responsible for roadside bomb attacks that killed NATO soldiers, a coalition statement said.

Militants barricaded themselves inside a home during the raid and opened fire on the coalition forces.
"You'll never take us alive, infidels!" [BLAM! BLAM!]
After giving time to allow women and children to leave, ...
"Captain, sir, we got the wimmins and the kiddies out of the way."
"Very good, sergeant, now let's grant those hard boyz their wish."
"You bet, Captain."
... the coalition forces fired on the militants with guns and grenades, it said.
[KA-BOOM!!!]
One woman who remained in the building was wounded in the leg. She was evacuated to a coalition medical facility, it said.

Coalition forces found dozens of land mines, grenades, AK-47s and bomb-making materials in the home, the coalition said.

Overnight raids by elite Special Forces troops have been a sore point with some Afghans, including President Hamid Karzai. Afghan officials say camp-followers innocent civilians are often wounded or killed during the risky operations.

Karzai last week attended a memorial ceremony for three Afghans killed in an overnight raid in Khost province. Afghan officials said the three were innocent civilians; the U.S. coalition said they were militants or linked to the insurgency.
Posted by: Fred 2008-12-27
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