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Stories from 2002-03-12

'Inadequate' US troops pulled out of battleground

Catherine Philip | Times of London | March 12, 2002

ìThey were not trained for the kind of fighting we do in the mountains and, in these conditions, their kind of fighting is useless,î Commander Allah Mohammed said. ìThey were weakening our morale, it was better for them to go.î [more]

Analysis: The Questionable Outcomes of Operation Anaconda

STAFF | Strategic Forecasting | March 12, 2002

"Ultimately Operation Anaconda will not finish off al Qaeda or even the Taliban fighters. Instead it signals the beginning of a protracted guerrilla war that will allow Afghanistan to continue to serve as sanctuary for al Qaeda. A guerrilla war ó against which the United States has found only one effective answer, overwhelming air power ó also could affect Washington's timeline for fighting terrorism in other parts of the world." [more]

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