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To: Skywatcher who wrote (448835)	8/27/2003 9:40:45 AM
From: jerry manning	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Cristy, Some of your buddies went down HARD in the "Quagmire". 50 Taleban die in US-led strikes SAYED SALAHUDDIN IN KABUL thescotsman.co.uk UP TO 50 Taleban fighters were killed yesterday in an air and ground operation by United States and Afghan forces against hundreds of guerrillas in the southern province of Zabul, Afghan officials said. "The deaths were the result of heavy bombing by US forces and ground attacks by government forces," the provincial governor, Hamdullah Watandoost said. "We have seen 40 to 50 dead bodies." A main Taleban guerrilla base was over-run, he said. "Our mopping-up operation continues and we have besieged the entire Taleban force who have no way to escape," he said. Juman Khan, a local police chief, said US planes had pounded mountain areas where up to 600 Taleban fighters were believed to be cornered after launching weekend attacks. Ground forces including about 450 Afghans and two dozen Americans, had captured up to 40 suspects and suffered no casualties. "The rest of Taleban, I think, have fled," he said. As far as I can see, the Taleban have been defeated totally here and we have captured their bases." Mr Khan described the Taleban force as one of the biggest concentrations since Afghanistan’s Taleban government was overthrown in late 2001. A death toll of 50 would be the biggest single-day setback for a resurgent Taleban movement in more than a year. In early June, government forces claimed to have killed 40 fighters near the Pakistan border. The Taleban force was thought to include Mullah Dadullah, one of the top commanders accused of ordering the execution of a foreign Red Cross worker this year. It was unclear if any senior figures were among those killed. The operation follows a surge in violence in the past two weeks across Afghanistan in which more than 100 people have been killed, many in attacks blamed on the Taleban. Afghan authorities say the Taleban has been operating in increasingly large groups to attack government troops, officials and aid workers. ----------------------------- US troops launch massive raid on suspected Iraqi "subversives" Tuesday August 26 sg.news.yahoo.com As many as 3,000 US troops swooped on suspected terrorists, bombers and gang members in a massive raid north of Baghdad, the military said. Troops detained 22 people on suspicion of anti-coalition activities in the morning raids, said army spokeswoman Josslyn Aberle. Among them were seven people specifically wanted for anti-coalition and terrorist attacks. "This is an ongoing operation covering parts of our region where we don't have a significant military presence," said Aberle. She said the raid was launched to snare "anti-coalition subversive elements" wanted for a range of incidents, without specifying which. Reports earlier said some of the detainees were wanted for a terrorist attack on a police station. Television reports showed US troops raiding homes and searching the streets of Khalis, a small town 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad. "Khalis was one of the towns that were included in the operation," Aberle confirmed. The raids covered towns in the troublesome region that includes Tikrit, some 175 kilometers (110 miles) north of the Iraqi capital. Tikrit is the hometown and power base of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein in which remnants of his old regime are believed to be in hiding. The operation has been codenamed Ivy Needle by military leaders but members of the teams involved in the search have christened it Operation Jimmy Hoffa after the crooked American union leader believed to have had gangland links.