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2 U.S. soldiers wounded in Afghan attacks
Baltimore Sun ^ | 8-8-03 | Associated Press

Posted on 09/08/2003 10:43:04 AM PDT by PatrioticCowboy

2 U.S. soldiers wounded in Afghan attacks

Five government soldiers killed by suspected Taliban fighters

The Associated Press Originally published September 8, 2003, 1:26 PM EDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Suspected Taliban insurgents killed five Afghan government soldiers and wounded two U.S. soldiers in attacks in the south and east of Afghanistan, Afghan and U.S. military officials said today.

The attacks in three provinces highlighted the security challenge in America*s other war. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. John Vines, warned Sunday that Taliban fighters, paid and trained by al-Qaida, were pouring into the country from neighboring Pakistan -- a key U.S. ally in the war on terror.

In Afghanistan*s southern Kandahar province, the heartland of the hard-line Taliban regime before its ouster by U.S.-led forces in late 2001, insurgents late Sunday ambushed a pickup truck carrying Afghan soldiers through a mountain gorge.

(Excerpt) Read more at sunspot.net ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; southasia; southasialist; taliban; talibanlist; wia

1 posted on 09/08/2003 10:43:05 AM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: PatrioticCowboy
Title doesn't match story
2 posted on 09/08/2003 10:44:07 AM PDT by ko_kyi
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To: PatrioticCowboy
The headline is wrong.
3 posted on 09/08/2003 10:44:08 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: PatrioticCowboy; All
I messed up on the title

wounded should be there, instead of killed

please cange it
4 posted on 09/08/2003 10:44:26 AM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: PatrioticCowboy; Admin Moderator
The soldiers are wounded, not killed. Please correct the title.
5 posted on 09/08/2003 10:44:29 AM PDT by TopQuark
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To: ko_kyi
I know. I am sort of hungry and I messed up.

I apologize
6 posted on 09/08/2003 10:44:58 AM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: All
So what is it? 2 US soldiers were killed or wounded?
7 posted on 09/08/2003 10:45:43 AM PDT by excalibur1701
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To: TopQuark
I know. I apologize.

I messed up due to hunger.

I cannot go eat yet and I am mega-hungry
8 posted on 09/08/2003 10:45:52 AM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: PatrioticCowboy
I'm very glad to see the title is incorrect. Prayers for the wounded, and all the fighting forces out there protecting our freedom.
9 posted on 09/08/2003 10:46:21 AM PDT by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: Coop
Oh, thank goodness the title is wrong. Prayers for the safety of all our beloved and brave soldiers.
10 posted on 09/08/2003 10:49:28 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: PatrioticCowboy
Do no alter titles. Thanks.
11 posted on 09/08/2003 10:53:53 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: PatrioticCowboy
neighboring Pakistan -- a key U.S. ally in the war on terror.

This phrase is getting nauseating.

13 posted on 09/08/2003 11:03:04 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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To: swarthyguy
It sure is
14 posted on 09/08/2003 11:05:32 AM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: *southasia_list; *taliban_list
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list
15 posted on 09/08/2003 11:09:46 AM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP (Ideas have consequences)
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To: PatrioticCowboy
That's perfectly OK; we all make mistakes sometimes, so please don't feel badly about it. THanks for your effort and the post.
16 posted on 09/08/2003 5:01:57 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: TopQuark
I went and ate dinner and I feel great
17 posted on 09/08/2003 8:46:01 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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