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http://www.rferl.org/content/Taliban_Civilians_Killed_In_US_Raid/1146166.html

“28 Taliban, Six Civilians Killed In U.S. Raid”
June 30, 2008
By Reuters

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “KABUL — U.S.-led coalition troops, backed by air strikes, killed 28 Taliban insurgents in southwestern Afghanistan, but six to eight civilians were also killed in the operation, the provincial governor said.

The raid on June 29 was aimed at a Taliban meeting in the Khash Rud district of Nimroz Province, provincial governor Ghulam Dastagir Azad told reporters.

“The operation was carried out on the basis of a tip-off. Twenty-eight Taliban and between six to eight civilians were killed in it,” he said, without giving further details.

The U.S. military confirmed the mission, but said nothing of civilian casualties. It said the operation was aimed at disrupting militant activities in Nimroz.”


986 posted on 06/30/2008 5:00:23 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080630.html

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UPDATE:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50356

“Bush Signs $162 Billion Supplemental War Funding Bill”

By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service

ARTICLE SNIPPET: ‘WASHINGTON, June 30, 2008 – President Bush today signed a $162 billion supplemental bill that principally will fund U.S. military operations abroad.”


987 posted on 06/30/2008 5:28:35 PM PDT by Cindy
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