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Invasion Countdown as Street Fury Grows
Thursday, October 9, 2001
By Michael Beach / The Courier-Mail

"America must know that the battle will not leave its land until America leaves our land."

Allied ground troops are preparing to sweep into Afghanistan as hard-line Islamic groups threaten violent mass protests from Britain to Pakistan.

US officials boasted yesterday that they had taken control of the skies after bombing the Taliban's air defence sites for four days.

They confirmed extra troops would bolster the 30,000 soldiers already massed around Afghanistan for a ground assault in the next phase of the hunt for Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda terrorist network.

But Islamic militancy against the attacks created a menacing background to the action in Afghanistan.
In London, an Islamic leader called for the assassination of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Cabinet.
(More: The Courier-Mail News Source)
2001 © Queensland Newspapers.

Dan