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Where Do We Find Such Remarkable Men? By David H. Hackworth Our U.S. Army Rangers still aren't allowed to talk publicly about Operation Anaconda, fought last March in Afghanistan, probably because the Op proved in spades how out of touch the top brass are with counter-guerrilla tactics. I suspect the Secrecy Act is being employed once again to protect bad generals - at the cost of telling our countrymen the truth about an extraordinary mission conducted by the men of the 1st Platoon of Alpha Company, 1/75th Rangers. Eyewitness reports I've stitched together from allied commandos testify to that platoon's...

Warlord's son, fighters killed by US forces Islamabad _ Rebel Afghan warlord Pacha Khan Zadran lost a son and nine fighters in a clash with United States forces in eastern Afghanistan, a news report said yesterday. American forces used heavy artillery and helicopter gunships in the four-hour fight on Sunday in Sata Kandow area south of Gardez city on the highway to Khost, the Afghan Islamic Press agency reported. Spokesman Ghami Khan said 10 Zadran fighters, including his son Jilani Khan, were killed and 10 others were wounded. Mr Zadran revolted against the US-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai last year....

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 11/16/02 - Gardez,Yayeh Kehl, Kohe Sofi, Hebron, Calais BREAKING: Gardez bombed in response to rocket and ground attacks. No US casualties. BREAKING: Yayeh Kehl, Paktia, heroes of 82nd Airborne on a four-day search and seize op. BREAKING: HEROES in the Kohe Sofi mountains, near Bagram, 82nd Airborne on a search for weapons BREAKING: Hebron, Tomb of Abraham - Innocent Israelis murdered during their Sabbath prayer BREAKING: Gaza - Another bomb-making factory partially hit. Operation Alamo Sweep. Calais, France ~1,600 Iraqi and Afghani seek entry to UK ========= Gardez, Afghanistan ========= In Gardez,...

Afghan Leaders' Appeal for Surrender Complicates U.S. Mission GARDEZ, Afghanistan, March 9 -- Local Afghan leaders have appealed to al Qaeda and Taliban forces holed up in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan to surrender, a move that could delay a final ground assault on the area and strain relations with U.S. commanders eager to finish off the enemy.A commander from Gardez sent the message to Taliban commander Saeef Rahman Mansour this week following days of punishing bombardment by U.S. warplanes that have killed hundreds of Mansour's fighters, Afghan officials said today. Mansour refused the overtures, but political and military leaders...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 10/1/02 - Congressmen in Iraqi parliament, Traitors in Basra, Zadran taken near Gardez, Kabul, minor explosion, Kandahar, Nablus, Ramallah BREAKING: Congressmen in Iraqi parliament, BREAKING: Traitors in Basra, BREAKING: Zadran taken near Gardez, BREAKING: Kabul, minor explosion, Kandahar, Nablus Ramallah ========= Basra, Iraq ========= BREAKING: The Armies of Good take out a site which painted surveillance aircraft. BREAKING: In Basra, Iraq, at the Abu Flous water treatment plant, Thompson (D-CA), David E. Bonior (D-MI) and Jim McDermott (D-WA), find new ways to bad mouth the USA as they spout Iraqi PR that...

BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Sep 28, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- A bullet fired by an unidentified assailant grazed a U.S. soldier in the leg on Saturday as he was traveling in a military convoy to Afghanistan's capital, a military spokesman said. Troops in the convoy were unaware they had been fired upon and did not see the gunman, U.S. military spokesman Col. Roger King told reporters at Bagram air base, the headquarters of coalition forces deployed in Afghanistan. "The soldier driving the lead vehicle felt something strike his left leg. It turns out there's a superficial gunshot wound. They...

<p>The just-concluded battle of Gardez, Afghanistan, demonstrated the power of combined arms, the professionalism of young Army infantrymen participating in their first combat, and the stupidity of al Qaeda fighters holed up in caves in the area south of Gardez. That's the appraisal of an American military officer who took part in the two-week clash.</p>

GOTTA SEE THIS -- OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM 3/13/02 lt;========================gt; REPORT FROM THEATRE 1 - AFGHANISTAN Strike Videos from Babulkhel ===== Update ===== Rumsfeld, Ivanov Discuss Nuclear Review, Terrorism WASHINGTON, March 13, 2002 -- U.S. and Russian defense leaders met reporters today and stressed progress the two countries have made in putting decades of mistrust behind them. Want More Information? DoD News Briefing ======================================== STRIKE VIDEOS Dug in al Qaeda positions (2.1 MB) Cave entrance (2.1 MB) Forces dug in on the side of a hill (2.6 MB) Al Qaeda positions in a valley (2.9 MB) quot;Today we have four videos...