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| Major weapons cache uncovered |
| 2004-05-05 |
| A MAJOR haul of weapons hidden in a secret cave network outside Kabul in readiness for a possible extremist assault on the Afghan capital has been uncovered by peacekeepers, officials said today. The weekend discovery in the caverns 34 kilometres west of Kabul, came as Afghan intelligence officers arrested seven people and seized a home made bomb in a separate operation in the city. Major Jacek Ciszek of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) that patrols Kabul told reporters that a "large weapons cache" including of 650 artillery and mortar rounds had been uncovered and destroyed from the caves. "The city was the likely target for the munitions," he said, without identifying the owners of the weapons. Meanwhile Afghan security forces have captured seven suspected militants, two of them foreigners, during raids in northeast Afghanistan. "We have captured seven people over the past week in Kunar province," provincial governor Fazil Akber said. "Two of them are foreigners - they are probably members of al-Qaeda," he said. Akber, speaking by satellite phone from the provincial capital Asadabad, said one of the captives was believed to be a senior member of the ousted Taliban regime and he had confessed to carrying out several attacks against the US-led coalition troops in the area. He said three of the captured men had been handed over to coalition troops for questioning. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 He said three of the captured men had been handed over to coalition troops for questioning. Just have a woman drive the truck that transports them and watch them cry to the IRC. We are offended {waah}. Why would they send us someplace using a woman driver {gulp}. This is an outrage {grrr}. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-05 3:28:43 PM |
| #1 excellent truncheon work, Abdul! Wonder if the furriners were Chechens or Soddys or Pakis? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-05 3:19:54 PM |