Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Fighting in Afghanistan Leaves 40 Insurgents Dead

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2005 –
Afghan and coalition forces killed about 40 enemies June 21 in fighting southwest of Deh Chopan, Afghanistan, after insurgents attacked with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, military officials reported today.

One Afghan National Police officer was killed and five U.S. soldiers and two Afghan policemen were wounded in the clash. The injuries were not serious and all were transported for treatment at Kandahar Airfield, officials said.

Coalition and Afghan forces were patrolling the area as part of Operation Catania, which is a search-and-attack operation designed to take away enemy safe havens.

Coalition warplanes and attack helicopters hammered enemy positions throughout the evening.

"This mission is a ongoing effort to take away enemy sanctuaries," said Army Lt. Col. Jerry O'Hara, Combined Joint Task Force 76 spokesman. "We are not letting up on the enemy and will continue to pursue them until the fighting stops. Coalition and Afghan forces will continue to defeat these militants for as long as necessary to ensure the people of Afghanistan remain free of oppression and tyranny."

(The above news release is from DoD- American Forces Press Service from a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news release.)

My take: I put this post up because more than likely you will not hear much about this or anything else, (as far as that goes,) from the main news media about anything going on in Afghanistan.

Don’t think for one second that the war in Afghanistan is anywhere near over either. It’s not. And as Iraq settles down over the next 6 months or so, you will see Afghanistan ratchet back up again. How bad it will get I have no idea but I think the word “Bad” will sum it up.

If you’ve been keeping up with the bits and pieces of news coming out of Afghanistan of late, you will have seen that this “Ratcheting Up” has already started. It’s sad to say this but no one is reporting on this little piece of news either... Well not YET. It's coming though.......

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