Worst losses for a year as Taleban storm Nato outpost


	Worst losses for a year as Taleban storm Nato outpost

Jacob173

10-5-2009 4:55 PM

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Jacob173 says:

The President dithers until Healthcare reform is passed. Our military is hostage until then.

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It began before dawn — a devastating, well-planned attack. About 300 
insurgents swarmed out of a village and mosque and attacked a pair of 
isolated American outposts in a remote mountainous area of eastern 
Afghanistan with machineguns, rockets and grenades.
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They first stormed the Afghan police post at the foot of the hill in the 
province of Nuristan, a Taleban and al-Qaeda stronghold on the lawless 
Pakistan border. They then swept up to the Nato post. The battle lasted all 
day. American and Afghan soldiers finally repelled them, with the help of US 
helicopters and warplanes — but at heavy cost.
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