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Posted on 10/30/2007 3:45:37 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
ASADABAD, Afghanistan — A raid late Sunday night on a house the U.S. military says was housing foreign al-Qaida “facilitators” in Afghanistan’s restive northeast resulted in the killing of several insurgents and detention of five others, a U.S. military spokesman said.
The operation was focused in the Asadabad District in the mountainous Kunar province, a hotbed for clashes between U.S. and insurgent militants fighting for both al-Qaida and Taliban networks.
U.S. spokesman Maj. Chris Belcher said intelligence indicated a foreign al-Qaida presence in the Asadabad area, and when U.S. and Afghan forces reached the house, they called for the insurgents to come out.
Some of the suspected al-Qaida operatives fled, prompting U.S. and Afghan security forces to attack the men and others holed up in the house “threatening coalition forces,” according to a statement released by the U.S. military on Monday.
Heavy artillery was also fired from Camp Wright, positioned in the provincial capital city of Asadabad, which lies roughly five miles from the Pakistani border.
After the gunfight, U.S. troops entered the house, detaining five occupants for further questioning, the statement read.
Before an operation by U.S. forces in Kunar province, ground commanders said they were hunting an Egyptian national named Abu Ikhlas, known as “The Engineer,” who serves as “facilitator” for Osama bin Laden in Kunar.
“It will take a period of time to confirm the identities of those detained — normally, it’s usually one to two days,” Belcher said.
He said a number of AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition were recovered.
Some surrounding buildings were damaged, Belcher said. He noted that the commander of the U.S. units involved is responsible for sorting out and paying for the damages in an appropriate manner.
Stack em like cord wood!
Team America.
golly gosh ya.
this is establishing American cred with these gangsters. Elliot Ness would be proud. Waste Them until they apologize for 9.11
BTTT — Our troops ROCK!
What! I thought the Afghanis and Iraqis resented the US and our illegal occupation in their countries.
Here's some more bad news:
Freed Sheiks Describe Kidnapping Ordeal
IT'S A QUAGMIRE! WE HAVE LOST THE WAR! WE SHOULD PULL OUT, NOW!! IMPEACH BUSH!!!
Hell yes!!! May the route of these dirtballs continue unabated!
WTG ***PING****!!!
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http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=49884
16 KIA already - they deployed in June = will be in that God Forsaken hole - OBL’s home turf (he’s been there more in the past few years than in Pakistan, a hop-skip-jump over the border.)
It’s tough going - getting bitter cold, high mountains, and they are out in it day and night - here’s a link to photos of a patrol "A" company of the 173rd just did - they patrol the same area...it will soon be choked with snow - OBL was photographed 2 winters ago scooting down these very mountains to hole up in the Valley for the winter...
http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=57329&archive=true
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