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Search Continues for Taliban, Al Qaeda Terrorists
Thursday, December 27, 2001
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
The United States continues its search for Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan, DoD officials said Dec. 27.

U.S. forces struck one target in the country with both guided and unguided bombs, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Richard Myers.

B-52s and AC-130s hit the Tori Khel compound near Ghazni in eastern Afghanistan. "We had reports that put some of the Taliban leadership in that facility," Myers said.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the United States is making preparations to hold Al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He said there are no plans to hold military tribunals. Currently 45 Al Qaeda and Taliban detainees are under U.S. control in Kandahar and aboard the USS Peleliu.
(More: DoD News Source)
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