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Afghanistan
Tal-Qaeda attack near Shah-i-Kot
2002-04-04
  • Coalition forces have come under fresh attack from Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in eastern Afghanistan's Shahi Kot valley. The attack in Paktia province Wednesday came more than two weeks after the end of the US-led Operation Anaconda. Captain Steven O'Connor admitted that the attack was evidence that enemy forces were still operating despite the apparent rout last month, in which US commanders claimed hundreds of extremists were killed.
    They're tanned and they're rested from their R&R in Pakland. Their ammo belts and their bellies are full and their turbans are clean and now they're ready to kill some infidels...
    "Yesterday the coalition and Afghan forces received several impacts of hostile rocket fire near the Shahi Kot valley," O'Connor told reporters, adding that the incident occured near a heavily bombed ridgeline known to the Americans as "The Whale". "Forces are continuing to investigate the source of the attack. They observed it but it did not have any effect. But it came close enough that they felt it was directed at them."
    So they stood back as far as they possibly could without being in Tibet, and shot off some rockets...
    Asked if the incident indicated that enemy forces were still in the area, he replied: "It's a good indication."
    Bet that question made him squirt coffee out his nose, too.
    O'Connor said trawls of the caves in the Shahi Kot valley were still being conducted in search of intelligence on the al-Qaeda leadership.
    And that's what's been paying off since November. The more hard drives they pick up, the more they know about the enemy.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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