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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (319435)	11/15/2002 10:19:05 AM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Not buying it. You are way to bitchy to be happy. Get out of all that dreariness.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (319435)	11/15/2002 10:22:58 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I guess you were talking about this? KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. war planes bombed and strafed enemy positions after rocket and ground attacks on two bases in southeastern Afghanistan and at least two attackers were suspected killed, the U.S. military said Friday. There were no U.S. casualties. The attack Thursday night was one of the largest and most concerted on U.S. positions in Afghanistan in months and came two days after the emergence of an audio tape believed to have been made by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden vowing to continue his anti-U.S. struggle. A U.S. military statement said A-10 and Harrier aircraft dropped six bombs and fired thousands of cannon rounds after the bases at Gardez and Lwara came under attack. Air support was called in when nine 107 mm rockets landed near the U.S. fire base at Gardez. Less than three hours later, the U.S. special forces base at Lwara was attacked with rockets, two mortar rounds and a rocket propelled grenade, one of which landed in the compound. A patrol from the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division engaged the attackers and heavy fighting ensued, it said. Air support was called in there too. "Soldiers from the base are conducting an assessment of the damage," the statement said. "There were no friendly casualties. We suspect at least two enemy forces were killed during the engagement." Officials of Afghanistan's former Taliban regime told Reuters Thursday that bin Laden was alive and directing attacks on U.S.-led forces hunting him in the country. The United States sent its forces into Afghanistan in pursuit of bin Laden after accusing him of masterminding the attacks on the United States on September 11 last year.