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To: StanX Long who wrote (61361)	3/4/2002 9:30:53 PM
From: StanX Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

"OT" Seven U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan Mon Mar 4, 6:49 PM ET By Charles Aldinger story.news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven U.S. troops were killed Monday in the deadliest battle for Americans in the Afghan conflict when two army helicopters were hit by enemy fire during a major offensive against al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the icy mountains of eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites). The commander of American forces in the region also told reporters that up to 200 die-hard al Qaeda guerrillas and Taliban fighters had been killed in the first four days of U.S.-led "Operation Anaconda" near Gardez. The U.S. Central Command said two MH-47 Army special forces helicopters were forced down by enemy ground fire on Monday and that six troops aboard one of the helicopters died, either during the hard landing or in a fierce firefight after the big aircraft landed. The helicopter was hit by ground fire as it moved into the mountainous region in an apparent search for another U.S. soldier, killed earlier in the day when he fell from an MH-47 that also came under fire and retreated, the Pentagon (news - web sites) said. The deaths brought to eight the number of American troops killed since the operation began on Friday night.

To: StanX Long who wrote (61361)	3/4/2002 10:18:59 PM
From: Robert O	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

re: I did not see myself in Robert's posting, but who knows. What? Not so fast. You are the minutia man posting all the crap tech business news stories, macro and otherwise, that I shrewdly comment: 'How do stories about 'tech' and the 'general market' have any bearing on AMAT?' in order to soothe my recipient’s anger at having to waste his time reading 'market related informational posts which don't really seem to belong here.' RO <g>