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ANALYSIS: Fog of War Shrouds U.S. 'Victory'
Monday, March 18, 2002
(16:08 GMT)
By Jonathan Marcus
BBC Defence Correspondent
The US claims Operation Anaconda is almost complete.
Image Credit: The BBC.
But it is impossible to verify what the Americans are saying. Journalists have had only limited access to an area which is considered still highly dangerous. And America's local Afghan allies seem sceptical
about some of the more extravagant US claims.
After just over two weeks of fighting in inhospitable terrain, Operation Anaconda -- the US effort to wipe out a major al-Qaeda and Taleban concentration in eastern Afghanistan -- is drawing to a close.
The operation was billed by US commanders as a decisive battle.
Franks has not given specific numbers of Taleban or al-Qaeda soldiers killed.
Image Credit: The BBC.
It has been claimed that hundreds of al-Qaeda fighters have been killed after concerted ground and air operations.
But now a more complex picture is emerging, and even the Americans are accepting that further battles are still ahead.
(More: The BBC News Source)
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Dan
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