Posted on 09/27/2001 9:46:57 PM PDT by kattracks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. special forces have been in Afghanistan for two weeks searching for Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the airborne assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, USA Today reported on Friday.
Citing unidentified senior U.S. and Pakistani officials, the newspaper said U.S. commandos arrived in Pakistan on Sept. 13 -- two days after the attacks -- and began moving into Afghanistan with orders to capture or kill the Saudi-born Islamic militant, or pin him down until the United States can launch air strikes.
Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke refused to comment on the front-page story. The Pentagon was not making any comment on operations, she said.
Officials have said the U.S. "war on terrorism," declared after the terror attacks on New York and Washington in which nearly 6,500 people are dead or missing, would be an unconventional battle in which commandos could play a key role.
The newspaper, citing Pentagon officials in Washington and Pakistani military officials with direct knowledge of the operations, said U.S. special operations forces had landed in the Pakistani cities of Peshawar and Quetta.
Teams of three to five soldiers, supported by Black Hawk MH-60K helicopters based outside Afghanistan, began deploying into the country to locate bin Laden, concentrating their searches in caves and underground bunkers in southwest Afghanistan near Kandahar, the newspaper said, citing senior U.S. and Pakistani officials.
USA Today said the elite troops were having trouble finding bin Laden and had asked other nations for intelligence help.
Quoting U.S. officials, it said several elite military units were involved in the effort to find bin Laden, including the Army's Green Berets, Navy SEALS and the British Army's Special Air Services.
Copyright © 2001 Reuters Limited.
Let's go for VICTORY through annihilation of ALL of our enemies. Then, God can dispense justice!
they covered everybody though,,,,,,,,Marine Force Recon, Green Beret/SF, SEALs,,,,yeeeehawww,,,,,,,now that was disinformation lol
You cant put guys in deep like they go and not run into close quarters combat, and when you do that people die,,,,,so lets hope and pray for the best for these brave guys.
Likly a translation error. But very funny I agree :)
Hmmm. Well, Larry, we've had some different opinions in the past but usually yours are reasonable and intelligent [even if wrong :^)] Why do you think so? I am open to, and interested in, your thoughts here.
Why not put chips in the troops, so the media can track them more easily?
The analysis by the CNN talking heads is deplorable.
Loose lips sink ships.
I think you nailed it. Although, I would not be surpised if there wer Afghans who simply wanted to get rid of these people.
The tribal elders are pious Muslims, but money talks and bullsh*t walks. It has never been in anyone's financial interest to give us this clown and his lieutenants. Now it is. Add to this the fact that bin Laden and his boys are ethnic Arabs, not Pashtuns, and the Afghans have even less of an incentive to keep Usama hidden from view. The resentment towards the Arab interlopers has become palpable in Kabul. Bin Laden and his immediate circle will be betrayed by someone very close to him in the Taliban who is an ethnic Pashtun. Count on it.
The downside? We have to leave the opium poppy crop alone. Or we have to purchase the poppy from the farmers at market prices. Sorry folks, but that's the cost of doing business in Afghanistan.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Why the hell would you say something like this, even if it was true?
Does this kind of thought make you feel good?
Better double-up on your anti-depressant meds and get a little fresh air.
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