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To: SARMAN who wrote (352386)	9/27/2007 12:21:02 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576184

Heavy Insurgent Losses in Helmand Province 61 yesterday, listing 43 more for this post. Members of the 205th Afghan National Army Corps, advised by Coalition forces, killed more than 100 insurgents in an engagement, which has been on-going since yesterday [September 25 2007] morning near the Musa Qalah Wadi, Helmand Province. The combined force is conducting combat patrols in the vicinity of Regay village in an effort to clear the wadi area of extremist Taliban. The engagement began yesterday when several dozen insurgents attacked the convoy from an extensive trench system and several compounds with small-arms, machine gun, mortar and rocket propelled grenade fire. Taliban fighters reinforced their positions from the village of Musa Qalah. The ANSF-led force repelled the initial attack with accurate small-arms and crew-served weapon fire. As the enemy force continued to reinforce their positions with additional fighters and attack the ANSF and Coalition forces from the buildings with machine gun fire, the ground force commander requested Coalition artillery and close air support. Coalition aircraft and artillery effectively engaged the positively identified Taliban positions. The initial estimate by the ground force commander assessed that more than 104 insurgents were killed thus far in the engagement. “The Taliban seem to be making a stand to protect their perceived safe haven in the Helmand province,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force- 82 spokesman. “Heading into the winter season, the ANA wanted to ensure that the Taliban know there are no safe havens for the enemies of peace and stability. The success of this ANA and Coalition operation is a testament to how far the ANA have come in this war against the extremists.” One Coalition service member was killed and four others were wounded in this operation. There are no other reports of ANA, Coalition or non-combatants killed or injured.

To: SARMAN who wrote (352386)	9/27/2007 12:26:54 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576184

Poll: Americans More Negative on Islam The Associated Press ^ \| 9/25/07 ap.google.com DENVER (AP) — Negative opinions about Islam are on the rise, Mormons are viewed as Christian but different and Pope Benedict XVI trails his predecessor in popularity, a poll of Americans released Tuesday said. The survey of 3,000 adults from Aug. 1-18 was conducted for the Pew Research Center and the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The number of Americans who say Islam has little or nothing in common with their own religion has spiked to 70 percent in the past two years from 59 percent, the poll found. Another significant shift has taken place: In 2005, 36 percent of the public said Islam is more likely than other faiths to encourage violence among its believers. That number has risen to 45 percent. Fifty-three percent of Americans viewed Mormonism positively, while 27 percent viewed Mormons unfavorably. A slim majority — 52 percent — said Mormonism is a Christian religion. Yet among non-Mormon believers, more than six in ten said Mormonism and their own religion are very different. The poll also found that Pope Benedict XVI has high approval ratings with the public two years into his papacy: 73 percent with an opinion view him favorably. Those numbers lag behind those of his more traveled predecessor, Pope John Paul II, who garnered 86 percent favorable ratings in 1996. Benedict does not have the public's confidence in promoting good relations with other religions, the poll found. Nearly half who know something about the pope say he is only doing a fair or good job on that subject. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.