Militant Driver Injures Troops in Afghanistan <http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63382> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:02:00 -0500 Militant Driver Injures Troops in Afghanistan Compiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases WASHINGTON, March 31, 2011 - At least three International National Security Assistance Force troops were injured today when their foot patrol was hit by a car in the Kandahar district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, military officials reported. The uninjured troops determined that the incident was intentional and opened fire on the vehicle, which lost control and crashed into a ditch, officials said. Along with the injured ISAF troops, the vehicle passenger and a pedestrian bystander were killed. The driver and two other pedestrians were injured and were taken to a nearby medical facility. In operations yesterday throughout Afghanistan: -- A coalition airstrike killed numerous insurgents after ground forces saw a large number of enemy fighters maneuvering near their patrol in Kunar province's Sar Kani district. -- Afghan and coalition forces detained several suspected insurgents while searching for a Hezb-E Islami Gulbuddin terrorist who leads at least 50 insurgent fighters in Khost province's Terayzai district. -- In Zabul province's Shah Joy district, a combined patrol detained several suspected insurgents linked to Taliban safe havens throughout the district. -- Security forces captured three Taliban weapons traffickers in Kandahar province's Zharay district. Troops also found 1,000 pounds of marijuana and 500 pounds of marijuana seeds during the operation. -- Forces captured a Haqqani network terrorist in Khost province's Terayzai district. He reportedly was trafficking weapons and explosives in preparation for attacks on security forces. -- In Logar province's Baraki Barak district, troops detained two suspected insurgents while searching for a Taliban weapons trafficker. -- Security forces found several weapons and drug stockpiles throughout Afghanistan. Operations resulted in seizure of 5,250 assault-rifle rounds, 5,000 .50-caliber machine-gun rounds, 1,650 pounds of explosives, 200 hand grenades, 150 pounds of homemade explosives, 21 rocket-propelled grenades, 15 Afghan army uniforms, 13 mortar rounds, 12 land mines, eight anti-tank mines, four rocket-propelled grenade boosters, four .50-caliber sniper rifles, three explosive devices, two assault rifles and assorted bomb-making materials. Troops also found 1,200 pounds of cannabis resin and 800 pounds of hashish. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
