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| US airstrike kills 20 Taliban |
| 2004-05-26 |
| At least 20 suspected Taliban were killed in US air strikes in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, Afghan officials said. The US military in Kabul could not confirm the attacks. If confirmed, the losses would be among the largest suffered in a single battle by the Taliban. In June last year, 40 Taliban and seven Afghan soldiers were reported killed in clashes in the south of Afghanistan, although no U.S. aircraft were involved. Khan Mohammad, a corps commander in the southern city of Kandahar, said Afghan forces had been engaged in fierce clashes with suspected Taliban near the town of Spin Boldak, which lies on the Pakistani border. âThere has been fighting going on between Afghan forces and the Taliban,â he told Reuters. âThey called in US (air) support.â He said 20 Taliban had been killed and that fighting continued. A second Kandahar official, who asked not to be named, said at least 28 Taliban had died. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 My nephew's in Kandahar w/the big gun. 26 confirmed evildoers getting their 72 raisins. Ululate! |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-05-26 12:42:31 PM |
| #6 Death to the Taliban!!!! (and boy did they get it) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-26 12:33:07 PM |
| #5 Good score. |
| Posted by: The Screaming Nun 2004-05-26 6:19:57 AM |
| #4 nah--no weddings--just funerals |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2004-05-26 2:06:16 AM |
| #3 We sure there weren't any "weddings" in the area? Just kiddin'. A good job by our good guys! |
| Posted by: RMcLeod 2004-05-26 1:48:08 AM |
| #2 One more victory for the real heros serving in the counter-war against the death wish jihadees. They got their wish! We wish them many more! |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-05-26 1:33:25 AM |
| #1 Yessss!!!!!!!!!!! 20 more Islam-o-cockroaches check in to the Roach Motel!!!! Seeing the look on their collective faces when they first lay eyes on the 20 * 72 "virgins" that make Hellboy look like Elle McPhereson. Priceless!! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-05-26 1:15:35 AM |