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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (18222)	12/6/2006 9:57:15 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

Brits lose a battle? British marines retreat from Taliban-held valley in serious setback for NATO forces in S. Afghanistan December 6, 2006, 12:37 PM (GMT+02:00) The UK Helmand Task Force reported one soldier killed and a second wounded. Facing only sporadic resistance, scores of soldiers ran into unexpectedly ferocious, planned, well-armed Taliban resistance when they advanced from a bridgehead across a valley in southern Helmand, which produces one-third of the world’s opium crop. The Taliban force withstood Apache air strikes, 500-pound bombs dropped by B1 bombers and A-10 attack jets’ cannon. After a 10-hour battle, the Royal Marines pulled back. British forces have lost 41 men since 2001, most this year as the Taliban redoubled its counter-offensive. Lacking the strength to hold ground completely, the British commander said this must be done by Afghan security forces.