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| Recon mission is 1st round in fight, says Bush |
| 2001-09-29 |
| THOMAS M. DeFRANK and RICHARD SISK NY Daily News Commandos were on the prowl in Afghanistan, seeking targets but avoiding contact in the opening round of the war on terrorism, President Bush said yesterday. "Make no mistake about it, we're in hot pursuit" of Osama Bin Laden and his followers, Bush said in confirming that U.S. special operations troops had infiltrated the forbidding Afghan landscape and launched reconnaissance patrols. A senior Bush official said highly trained U.S. and British troops — probably elite Special Air Services commandos — were conducting scouting missions in small units. The official said the troops were not actively seeking Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terror network but were gathering intelligence on possible targets and terrain for future operations. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |