U.S., Canadian Troops Chase Al Qaeda Fighters

FOX ^ | 3/15/02

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

U.S. and Canadian troops worked to finish what Operation Anaconda started Friday, trailing four Al Qaeda fighters through the mountainous terrain of eastern Afghanistan after the enemy escaped following a gunbattle.

The search, involving helicopters, commandos and ground troops, came after coalition forces subdued a cell of suspected Al Qaeda or Taliban fighters with anti-tank weapons, grenades, heavy machine guns and small arms fire. There were no coalition casualties, according to the Canadian Press news agency, which has a reporter with the Canadian troops.

[Oxylus]

That Canadian reporter (Celine Galipeau) just said on CBC Newsworld that Canadian troops are gearing up for new action.

[tbird-james]

Where's hte rubber that hits the road = 400 killed or 25 killed. Somebody is not thinking very clear on this one.
If the al-queda escaped why weren't they seen wither in day time or with infra-red night vision scopes. Who set up the perimeter and cut off the escape lines knowing they would head to Pakistan?
What am I not seeing here?

[mikeIII]

How can they be fighters if they are being chased?

[antaresequity]

Maj. Gen. Frank L. Hagenbeck, the commander of all coalition troops in Afghanistan, told reporters he had called for DNA tests on remains of Al Qaeda fighters to determine whether any of them were senior figures in the terrorist network

How in the world did we come to possess so much reference DNA material? It really is spooky. I understand that Bin Laden has relatives and samples can be taken...but what about the rest of his [OBL] group? How in the world did we get comparative reference samples on these other guys? I mean how big is their DNA data base?