15 July 08 - 01:42Taliban attack on troops
CBS News
The attack - which U.S. and NATO officials said happened in Kunar province but which Afghan officials said was in neighboring Nuristan - reinforced recent assessments by U.S. officials that militant attacks are becoming more complex and better coordinated.
A NATO official said the attackers used houses, shops and a mosque in Wanat for cover during the hours-long battle.
The militants showered the small base - which had been established just three days earlier - with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar shells, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.
Some of the militants breached the wall and got inside, killing nine American soldiers and wounding 15 others, he said.
Other American soldiers managed to drive out the attackers and called in air support. Attack helicopters swooped over the battlefield, and in hours of fighting dozens of insurgents were killed and about 40 were wounded, the NATO official said.
The official described the militant raid as "serious," but also said it was a rarity for insurgents to get inside a base. one comment
That footage that was shown was From another country, Chechnyua. How do I know. I saw the exact same footage 3 weeks ago on liveleak.com It is the SAME. This was not footage of an attack on U.S. soldiers period.
Larry Jones - 15 07 08 - 07:11
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