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Article: 9 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan; Two Chinook helicopters come under enemy fire.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 5, 2002
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Byline: Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
At least nine American soldiers have been killed and 40 wounded in the largest offensive in the five-month war on terrorism, as U.S.-led forces yesterday entered the fourth day of "fierce" fighting with al Qaeda and Taliban in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said enemy forces had sustained "much larger numbers of killed and wounded." He said the assault, code-named Operation Anaconda, could continue for days near Gardez, where the terrorists have regrouped over several weeks.
Another Pentagon official estimated that at least 100 al Qaeda or Taliban fighters ...