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| Afghanistan |
| New operation along Pak border |
| 2002-05-02 |
| The United States is deploying several hundred troops and helicopters to the eastern Afghan mountains, near Pakistan, to support British and other Western forces hunting Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters, US officials said on Wednesday. Guess the probes must have uncovered a little something... One senior official said about 200 soldiers from the US 101st Airborne Division would join several hundred British Marines, Canadian troops and others already involved in an operation near Khost. If you go into town, boys, bring yer shootin' arns. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that up to 1,000 US soldiers could join the operation near Khost, only 32kms from the Pakistan border. But both the US Central Command based in Tampa, Florida, and the senior US official disputed that figure. "The number is high. But certainly a large number are being moved," the official said. They'll probably put other figures out, too, some high, some low, just to keep the Bad Guys ill-informed. The Pentagon believes hundreds of Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters could be gathering in the area. Really? Wotta surprise. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 The Brits have labled this Operation Snipe. Yep, this is a snipe hunt. |
| Posted by: Mark Byron 2002-05-02 12:32:03 |