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To: stockman_scott who wrote (6805)	10/22/2001 3:57:05 PM
From: BigBull	Respond to of 281500

A fuel air explosive might be effective against those entrenched Tali's. Save the good stuff for Mogadishu.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (6805)	10/22/2001 4:23:30 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

From an Iranian news service: irna.com thr 041 Afghanistan-US-Helicopter gunships /WRD/ US using helicopter gunships against Taliban Islamabad, Oct 22, IRNA -- The U.S. has, for the first time, used helicopter gunships against Taliban frontlines north of Kabul, said Radio Pakistan Monday. According to reports reaching here, the areas near the airport were targeted in the U.S.-led massive attack where forces of the Taliban and the Northern Alliance are locked in fierce fighting. The radio said that the intensified military operation by the U.S. and its allies is aimed at giving military advantage to fighters of the Northern Alliance. Meanwhile, the Taliban claimed they have recovered the wreckage of a U.S. helicopter in western Kandahar in the Baba Sahib mountains, the radio further stated. The revelation was made by a Taliban consul, Maulvi Najeebullah, while talking to the Afghan Islamic Press in Peshawar, the radio noted. The Taliban on Saturday claimed they had downed a U.S. helicopter, killing its two servicemen. However, there are contradictory reports on the death toll of the helicopter crash. MHA/LS/RR End ::irna 14:54