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U.S.-Afghan Team Investigating Oruzgan Incident
Wednesday, July 3, 2002
By SFC Kathleen T. Rhem
U.S. Army
American Forces Press Service

Newbold said there had been sporadic ground engagements in that area over several weeks, and that "virtually any time an aircraft was flown over there, it had fire directed at it." He said a 15-ton cache of munitions, including anti- aircraft weapons, has been found about 10 miles from the July 1 strikes and that an unknown number of detainees were taken in connection with that day's activities.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
A team of American and Afghan investigators has arrived at the site of an alleged friendly fire accident in Oruzgan Province.

Marine Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, operations director for the Joint Staff, told Pentagon reporters today that the team arrived there earlier today, but that he has heard nothing of their findings yet.

Reports that the team had arrived yesterday were premature, a DoD spokesman said.

"They've just begun their inquiry," Newbold said. "So it'll take some time for them to develop richness of detail to know precisely what happened."

He said U.S. military medical teams had been in the area offering assistance at local hospitals, but that Afghan medical assets had everything under control.
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