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http://frontierpost.com.pk/main.asp?id=7&date1=7/24/2002 The Frontier Post July 24, 2002 4 US troops feared dead in Gardez attack MIRANSHAH (NNI): Four American troops are feared dead and score of others believed injured when some unknowns fired four rockets on a mobile US-led coalition force at Lak Dewal in Gardez on Tuesday evening.�The US-led coalition troops were on patrol in the area of Lak Dewal in Gardez when they were attacked by some unknown with four rockets. The rockets hit the convoy of the coalition troops. Four US troops are feared dead and many others were injured,� an intelligence source revealed to NNI correspondent from across the border. The militants also attacked Argoon airport in Paktika on Tuesday. �So far 28 missiles have been fired, targeting the US troops at the airport but no information of any causalities was received till the filing of this story,� the NNI correspondent referring an intelligence source from across the border said. According to the information the attack of rockets at the Argoon airport in Paktika is still continued. It is believed that a life loss at the Argoon airport was being kept in secret. However, the eyewitnesses say that many military vehicles of the allied troops are seemed set on fire due to rocket attack. It is believed that the attackers are militants of al-Qaeda or Taliban. The US helicopters were immediately sent in the areas where they are flying over and patrolling parties are assembling in the vicinity for searching and haunting the attackers in Gardez and Paktika. It is feared that the continuous rockets� attack at the Rangoon airport might have also killed some US troops. The source also confirmed the burning of more than two US vehicles in a rocket attack at Lak Dewal, Gardez. The injured were immediately rushed to the nearby medical center being set up to meet any contingency. Following the rocket attacks the security at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in South And North Waziristan has been beefed up. According to the eyewitnesses, the movement of the US troops at the borders (inside Afghanistan) is quite unusal. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
