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  • 'More than 100' enemy killed during Nuristan battle: US military

    10/06/2009 10:56:42 AM PDT · by Cindy · 5 replies · 935+ views
    LONG WAR JOURNAL.org ^ | October 6, 2009, 10:36 am | Bill Roggio
    SNIPPET: "The US military now claims that more than 100 enemy fighters were killed during the Oct. 3 assault on two joint Afghan and US outposts in Nuristan province." SNIPPET: "The US military has also backtracked from its initial statement that the assault was carried out by a "Nuristani tribal militia" and that "the sources of the conflict in the area involve complex tribal, religious and economic dynamics." "Additionally, ISAF now believes that while the attack was conducted by local anti-Afghan forces, ... local Taliban and elements of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin may have helped facilitate the attack," the US military...