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2003-07-21 Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve 2003-07-21 9:05:20 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 UPDATE: Attackers fired on U.S. and Afghan troops surveying the scene of a weekend battle in southern Afghanistan in which some two dozen insurgents were killed, the U.S. military said Monday. No casualties were reported in the incident Sunday in Spinboldak, a town on the Pakistan border in Kandahar province, said U.S. Col. Rodney Davis, a spokesman for coalition forces. "The special operations forces pursued the enemy, who broke contact," Davis said.
"Run away!"
The joint patrol was assessing the scene of a battle on Saturday in Spinboldak in which U.S. forces, backed by helicopter gunships, killed up to 24 suspected Taliban insurgents after their convoy came under attack. The patrol found discarded clothing, shoes, equipment and used ammunition. Afghan forces searching a nearby village found a weapons cache in several buildings that included mines, machine gun ammunition, 82 mm mortar rounds and 300 yards of detonation cord, Davis said. Five people were detained by the Afghans and handed over to coalition forces, he said, giving no other details.

Posted by Steve 2003-7-21 10:42:18 AM|| 2003-7-21 10:42:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 also today, Dostum of all people presents a plan for disarming militias.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-7-21 11:13:50 AM|| 2003-7-21 11:13:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 As close to the border as this is, would it surprize anyone if some of the 100 Taliban loyalists were actually Paks or other non-Afghans.

Posted by mhw 2003-7-21 11:17:50 AM|| 2003-7-21 11:17:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 How could you think such a thing?

Posted by Fred 2003-7-21 11:24:15 AM|| 2003-7-21 11:24:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Nice cache find as well. It gives me great satisfaction to hear that 24 ummmm...not-afghans (?) got their 72 raisins. I know we don't wanna do the body-count thing in Iraq, but it would be good to hear how many ummmm... not-iraqis are getting their raisins every time we also hear about one of our guys getting a shot to the neck

Posted by Frank G 2003-7-21 11:31:21 AM|| 2003-7-21 11:31:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh my god!! Heaven forbid, we actually killed one of those little darlings of the Taliban. I wonder if we should notify Amnesty International so they can write another meaningless and thoroughly slanted piece of yellow journalism about American Imperialism???

Posted by SOG475 2003-7-21 8:03:20 PM|| 2003-7-21 8:03:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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