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US attack helicopters killed more than 30 Haqqani Network fighters inside Pakistan while repelling a cross-border attack. US forces struck at the Haqqani Network fighters on Friday after they attacked Combat Outpost Narizah, an Afghan base just eight miles from the Pakistani border in the district of Tani in Khost province. The Haqqani Network fighters were hit in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, which is just across the Pakistani border. "An air weapons team in the area observed the enemy fire, and following International Security Assistance Force rules of engagement, crossed into the area of enemy fire," the...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/29/02 Op.Mountain Sweep, Narizah, Operation Detachmental A-Team, 82nd Airborne, Bravo Company 7th Bat., 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Div, Baghdad, Iraq , Fallouja-3, Justice in Jerusalem, Magistrates Court, Temple wall collapsing, Kfar Darom, Nablus, Gaza, Johannesburg, China, Crawford TX, Oceanside, CA, Camp Pendleton === Afghanistan ===== Operation Mountain Sweep, Narizah ===== In Narizah, 86 miles east of Kabul, the US Army ODA, Operation Detachmental A-Team, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces contfronts Al Qaeda supporters as he demands their weapons. More here from yesterday: In Narizah, the 82nd Airborne Division secures the area....

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/28/02 Kabul, Kandahar, Narizah, Searching for weapons, US SF, B-Team, 82nd Airborne, Operation Mountain Sweep ===================== Kabul =================== In Kabul, at the market. Spices for sale, and water bottled in red. ===================== Operation Mountain Sweep ===================== From Kandahar and Kabul, to Afghan villages in search of weapons. US Special Forces, the B-Team and the 82nd Airborne search out from Kabul and Kandahar, including on Operation Mountain Sweep. In Narizah, 86 miles east of Kabul, Al Qaeda are found. An attack is planned. ===================== Narizah =================== Suspected Al Qaeda are surrounded. 120mm illumination...