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| Afghanistan |
| Simply 'orrible attack on U.S. forces at Gardez... |
| 2002-09-12 |
| U.S. forces came under rocket attack in eastern Afghanistan today, a day after the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Colonel Roger King, a spokesman at Bagram air base north of Kabul, said one rocket landed 400 meters north of the U.S. special forces base at Gardez and another in a small village to the northwest. There were no reported casualties. He said the rockets were fired from nearly half a mile away, the maximum effective range of the Russian-made weapons. "Two out of three were duds," he said, adding that the other rocket caused no damage. At least one of them landed in the right county... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |