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U.S. Troops Report Rocket Fire; Brits Find Enemy Weapons
Monday, June 24, 2002
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
U.S. special operations troops in Afghanistan yesterday reported enemy rocket fire near their positions around the town of Khowst, U.S. officials said.

Army Col. Roger King, Combined Joint Task Force 180 spokesman, said there were no U.S. casualties.

The U.S. commander near Khowst dispatched a patrol, "which as of now has not reported any findings," King added.

However, King noted, local residents near the Afghan town of Orgun-E informed U.S. special operations forces in the area of the presence of rockets in their vicinity, possibly aimed at the Americans.
(DoD News Source)
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