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| US, Afghan Forces Raid Compound In Southern Afghanistan | |
| 2004-01-05 | |
| American and Afghan troops raided a compound in southern Afghanistan, sparking a firefight in which one suspect was injured, the U.S. military said Monday. The raid took place Sunday morning near Deh Rawood, spokesman Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty told The Associated Press. The town in Uruzgan province has been a focus of activity for suspected Taliban militants. Uruzgan officials said the raid was in response to an attack on a U.S. convoy on Saturday that injured two American soldiers. Hilferty denied such an incident, but offered no other explanation for Sunday’s operation. Troops including special forces came under small arms fire as they approached the compound. "We cleared the compound, placing under custody several personnel, including one wounded man," Hilferty said. The soldiers also seized weapons and ammunition. There were no coalition casualties. Uruzgan governor Jan Mohammed Khan told AP that the house belonged to Haji Ghulam Nabi, a tribal leader who Khan said had close ties to the former Taliban regime. Three of his relatives were detained, but Nabi appeared to have In another incident to emerge Monday, the U.S. military said an airstrike destroyed an illegal drugs laboratory in the far north of the country. Several people were detained by U.S. and Afghan troops in the Friday raid on the lab, some 60 miles northeast of Kunduz, Hilferty said. An A-10 ground attack aircraft was called in to destroy the facility, which contained about 1.5 tons of opium, a half-ton of chemicals and processing equipment, he said.
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| Posted by:TS |
| #5 Hurt? Can you imagine if we were allowed to destroy meth labs with A-10's in Indiana and Kentucky? That would be cool. Woah one danged minute, you crazy varmit! We woke up at 2:30 one morning last year with 20 cop cars two streets over, surrounding a suspected (later proven) meth lab. I know A-10 pilots are good. I know they're more than a tad accurate. But I don't want to be on the receiving end of some GAU-8 ricochets, or the fragments from a 1000lb bomb. Let's continue to let the cops handle in-town busts. Now, if there's an isolated lab in the boonies somewhere, I think an A-10 strike would be awesome, and would pay good money to sit a couple of miles away to watch it. (Sheesh, next he'll be calling for ArcLight strikes on crack houses - worse than John Ash |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-5 4:42:15 PM |
| #4 SH, Good idea. Would love to see an A-10 open up on someone's garage or trailer. People might think twice about starting their own lab. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-1-5 3:15:49 PM |
| #3 SH LOL. BTW ever notice it's always compounds that are raided? I'm trying to work the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port into this framework. I'm thinking there's illegal SCUBA gear. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-5 2:38:57 PM |
| #2 Hurt? Can you imagine if we were allowed to destroy meth labs with A-10's in Indiana and Kentucky? That would be cool. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-5 2:15:07 PM |
| #1 Deh Rawood, where the U.S. military has a small base, is considered a Taliban stronghold, and shootings and rocket attacks near the base occur regularly. Would this base be called a 'forward firebase'? Just wondering. An A-10 ground attack aircraft was called in to destroy the facility, which contained about 1.5 tons of opium, a half-ton of chemicals and processing equipment, he said. This is going to hurt someone financally...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-1-5 1:57:44 PM |