Battle for Shah-e-Kot ends, but not the war against al Qaida: Special Forces

AP ^ | 3-13-02 | KATHY GANNON

[Oldeconomybuyer]

12:48 PST SHAH-E-KOT, Afghanistan (AP) --  The road twisted past homes -- hide-outs of al-Qaida warriors -- flattened by American bombs. A dead al-Qaida fighter lay forgotten on a rocky ridge, his rocket-mangled body hidden beneath a black shawl.

An Afghan soldier, barely out of his teens, stooped over the body and removed the man's watch.

[Mr. Lucky]

...jagged pieces of mud...

Do you get the feeling that this reporter is making most of this up?

[epluribus_2]

"There's a pretty good rat line that leads out of here" ... Sigh - thought he was talking about 'Rats leaving washington after 2002/2004 elections...