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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: knows_picker who wrote (5800)	10/1/2001 1:05:57 PM
From: Lola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27720

US, UK to attack Afghanistan within 24 hours, says UK newspaper Updated on 2001-10-01 12:20:24 LONDON, October 01 (PNS): Devastating attacks on bases controlled by Osama bin Laden are set to be launched in the next 24 hours as part of a tightly focused military operation approved by US President George Bush and backed by Britain. The strategy is designed to kill bin Laden and his forces, and will be launched in tandem with strikes against air and ground forces of the Taliban regime supporting him. The operation would begin with air and missile strikes to destroy the Taliban's 20-aircraft air force, remove anti-aircraft missile batteries, and destroy Taliban tanks and other armour. The aim of the first phase, likely to be launched from aircraft with US and British ships in the Arabian Sea, would be to remove any threat from the Taliban for the substantial incursion that would follow. Sources say this would be in the form of a so-called desant operation - an airborne assault deep into Taliban-held territory - led by helicopter-carried troops of the US 82nd Airborne Division. Sources said that the 101st Air Assault Division has also been ordered to be ready for action. American forces would be supported by US Special Forces - including US Army Rangers and Green Berets, and by British Special Forces. Initial targets earmarked for the air assault and desant operation include bases controlled by the al-Qaeda around Kabul, in particular those with usable air strips. The location of the bases was revealed Saturday by Russian intelligence, which has provided the Pentagon with the most detailed intelligence so far on the network of bin Laden camps. The news came as British sources claimed that the Taliban was set to flood the west with heroin in an attempt to destabilise its enemies. End.