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Stung in an Afghan 'hornets' nest'   Andrew North BBC News at US Camp Tillman, Afghan-Pakistan border   A routine mission for a small unit of US troops based here turned into a fight for their lives when they came up against a group of suspected Taleban militants along the border with Pakistan. ... ...A-10 aircraft arrived. But the soldiers say the pilots were not permitted to open fire with their machine gun, or drop any ordnance because the militants were in Pakistani territory. "That just totally frustrates all of us," says Sgt Coca. "It's easy for the enemy to...

'Al-Qaeda may be behind bomb in Pakistan' May 08 2002 at 01:36PM Paris - French armed forces chief of staff General Jean-Pierre Kelche said on Wednesday there was a "significant likelihood" the al-Qaeda network carried out the car bombing in Pakistan which left 14 dead, including 11 French nationals. "It's a little early to say, but there is a significant likelihood" of al-Qaeda involvement in the attack, said Kelche on the sidelines of ceremonies in Paris marking the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War 2. The French general said the bombers had targeted the West in general and...