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| Afghanistan: US soldiers under fire again in Spin Boldak |
| 2003-02-02 |
| IslamOnline & News Agencies U.S. soldiers searching a cave complex believed to be a base in southeastern Afghanistan came under fire but there were no casualties, the U.S. military said Saturday, February 1. Shots were fired at a U.S. patrol by a single attacker on the fifth day of Operation Mongoose, a major offensive launched after heavy fighting left 18 anti-government rebels dead in mountains near the border town of Spin Boldak. U.S. military spokesman Colonel Roger King said "One man took some shots at a U.S. patrol, he did not hit anything. He tried to duck back in a cave," King told reporters at Bagram. "U.S. forces went up the hill and isolated the cave and fired an AT-4 anti-tank rocket. After the smoke cleared they went into the cave, but found no signs of any occupation. It is possible he fired and went behind a rock." If he did, he's probably glad he didn't go into the cave... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |