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To: joseph krinsky who wrote (11111)	11/28/2001 3:36:22 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

don't know if true... Kandahar defenders surprise Americans 16 Marines killed in first encounter Naveed Miraj Updated on 11/28/2001 11:04:43 AM ISLAMABAD: Shortly after they landed at an airfield near Kandahar, United States Marines had their first bloody encounter with their Taliban foes. Although media reports said the Marines were the attackers, whose helicopter gunships attacked a Taliban convoy, destroying about 15 vehicles, The Frontier Post can report that the Marines were taken unawares, and acted in retaliation after they were attacked. A contingent of extremist fighters fell upon Dolangi airfield before the newly arrived Marines had time to settle down, those in the know say. The ensuing battle left no less than 16 marines dead, although the attackers apparently had to withdraw leaving several fatalities behind. No body count was available for the Taliban side. One thousand US Marines have been deployed at Dolangi airfield, near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, the biggest deployment of US Marines to a war zone since the Gulf War in 1991. Reports say the marines’ main function appears to be to cut off the escape routes for Taliban and Al Qaida leaders and to launch attacks on them should the opportunity arise. The US believes Al Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden - blamed for the 11 September terror attacks on the US - is still in Afghanistan, in the mountains near Kandahar or Jalalabad in the east. Meanwhile, US aircraft have resumed bombing a fort near the city on the second day of a revolt by Taliban prisoners About 500 US Marines were flown by helicopter and C130 planes from secret land bases and amphibious assault ships in the Arabian Sea to Dolangi airfield. Officials say they have already taken a forward position well inside Taliban-held territory southwest of the city. They join several hundred US Army and Air Force special operations troops who have been working alongside anti-Taliban forces throughout Afghanistan - most effectively in the north - for weeks. The arrival of US troops in southern Afghanistan coincided with the capture of the northern city of Kunduz by the Northern Alliance after a two-week siege of Taliban forces there. The US air campaign is also continuing - focused largely on targets around Kandahar and Jalalabad, including caves in those areas. Local efforts to topple the Taliban in Kandahar - the power base of its supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar - were stepped up at the weekend with the seizure of the village of Takht-i-Pull, which cut off Spin Boldak from Kandahar. ISLAMABAD: Shortly after they landed at an airfield near Kandahar, United States Marines had their first bloody encounter with their Taliban foes. Although media reports said the Marines were the attackers, whose helicopter gunships attacked a Taliban convoy, destroying about 15 vehicles, The Frontier Post can report that the Marines were taken unawares, and acted in retaliation after they were attacked. A contingent of extremist fighters fell upon Dolangi airfield before the newly arrived Marines had time to settle down, those in the know say. The ensuing battle left no less than 16 marines dead, although the attackers apparently had to withdraw leaving several fatalities behind. No body count was available for the Taliban side. One thousand US Marines have been deployed at Dolangi airfield, near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, the biggest deployment of US Marines to a war zone since the Gulf War in 1991. Reports say the marines’ main function appears to be to cut off the escape routes for Taliban and Al Qaida leaders and to launch attacks on them should the opportunity arise. The US believes Al Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden - blamed for the 11 September terror attacks on the US - is still in Afghanistan, in the mountains near Kandahar or Jalalabad in the east. Meanwhile, US aircraft have resumed bombing a fort near the city on the second day of a revolt by Taliban prisoners About 500 US Marines were flown by helicopter and C130 planes from secret land bases and amphibious assault ships in the Arabian Sea to Dolangi airfield. Officials say they have already taken a forward position well inside Taliban-held territory southwest of the city. They join several hundred US Army and Air Force special operations troops who have been working alongside anti-Taliban forces throughout Afghanistan - most effectively in the north - for weeks. The arrival of US troops in southern Afghanistan coincided with the capture of the northern city of Kunduz by the Northern Alliance after a two-week siege of Taliban forces there. The US air campaign is also continuing - focused largely on targets around Kandahar and Jalalabad, including caves in those areas. Local efforts to topple the Taliban in Kandahar - the power base of its supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar - were stepped up at the weekend with the seizure of the village of Takht-i-Pull, which cut off Spin Boldak from Kandahar. frontierpost.com.pk