Posted on 11/28/2001 3:22:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:06 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Qala Jangi, Afghanistan -- Northern Alliance soldiers, backed by U.S. and British special operations forces, said yesterday that they had crushed a revolt by Taliban prisoners inside a 19th century fortress, and described a deadly final battle in which they drove the rebels from their last stronghold by pouring oil into a basement, setting it alight and then opening fire with a tank.
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