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U.S. soldier shot in leg during Afghan search mission 2. April 2004, 19:02AP - A U.S. soldier was shot in the leg during a routine patrol near a mountain village in lawless southeastern Afghanistan, and American forces responded by sending Apache attack helicopters into the area. The attack occurred Thursday just as a group of about 100 U.S. soldiers prepared to leave after making camp outside Zunchora, a tiny cluster of mud houses just 1,500 meters (yards) from Pakistan's frontier. An Associated Press photographer witnessed the shooting. The U.S. military embargoed the information until Friday, citing security concerns. The military...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, IraqRelease #040110bThe mighty, mighty sling load operation itselfMOSUL, Iraq – On a remote mountaintop in northern Iraq, 10 miles east of the town of Tall Afar, soldiers are getting ready to leave their outpost and join fellow soldiers in Mosul. They’re doing it the way soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) have been doing it for years – by air. Soldiers from Bravo Company and Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) set up a retransmission site eight months ago on a mountain close to Highway One to boost...