Didn't we liberate these guys already?? The timing of this action seems to be slightly suspect, don't ya think...? Trying to create the illusion of an Iraq/Al Qaeda tie are we...?
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/inte...t&position=top
March 19, 2003
U.S. Troops Raid Afghanistan for al - Qaida
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 11:31 p.m. ET
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- About 1,000 U.S. troops launched a raid on villages in southeastern Afghanistan Wednesday night, hunting for members of the al-Qaida terrorist network, military officials said.
Helicopters ferried troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division to the remote, mountainous area as the hunt for Osama bin Laden and his terror network intensified.
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