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To: Steve Lee who wrote (42507)	5/1/2002 5:47:47 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) of 50167

And this is also missing from front pages.. The United States is deploying parts of more than 'two battalions' of the 101st Airborne Division to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border,(all of them without Pakistani green cards-ggg) beefing up an operation pursuing fugitive Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, sources said on Wednesday. A senior defense official, who was not identified, said as many as 1,000 additional U.S. Army troops could be moved to the area, joining several hundred British Marines who specialize in fighting in cold weather and mountains, the report said. The United States also has moved Apache helicopters to a U.S. Special Forces base near the city of Khost, 20 miles (32 km) from the Pakistan border. U.S. officials believe hundreds of al Qaeda fighters and their Taliban allies are hiding in the area. US forces launch large operation in Afghan mountains Hundreds of coalition soldiers have launched an operation against Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province, said a report on Wednesday.

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