Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2258-1001257510-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 23 Sep 2001 08:07:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 18855 invoked by uid 510); 23 Sep 2001 15:05:33 -0000 Received: from n12.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.62) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 23 Sep 2001 15:05:33 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2258-1001257510-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by n12.onelist.org with NNFMP; 23 Sep 2001 15:05:10 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 23 Sep 2001 15:05:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 50587 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2001 15:05:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 23 Sep 2001 15:05:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 23 Sep 2001 15:05:08 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id IAA07654 for iwar@onelist.com; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 08:05:08 -0700 Message-Id: <200109231505.IAA07654@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 08:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:British.troops.exchanged.gunfire.with.Taliban:.The.Sunday.Times] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit British troops exchanged gunfire with Taliban: The Sunday Times AP London, September 23 A four-man British special forces team is already in Afghanistan and briefly exchanged gunfire with Taliban troops outside Kabul, The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday reported. The gun battle, which the Times described as "more symbolic than directed," happened late on Friday, the newspapers said, quoting unidentified military sources. No one was injured, according to the reports. The Ministry of Defence and Downing Street would neither confirm nor deny the reports. The British government has a long-standing policy of never discussing the actions of its special forces, known as the SAS. ''There has been a lot of speculation, but we never discuss operations,'' a defence spokesman said, speaking with customary anonymity. The newspapers reported that the SAS team entered Afghanistan from Tajikistan five days before the gunfight. According to the newspapers' sources, the team had linked up with opposition troops in the north of the country, which are fighting the Taliban. The SAS team was in the country to seek intelligence about Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts, locate landmines and find routes Bin Laden might take out of the country, the newspapers said. John Reid, Britain's secretary of state for Northern Ireland, warned Britishers on Sunday that the newly declared war against terrorism is going to be a long fight. ''This is not something that is going to be over in days, months, and perhaps, even years.'' Reid told the BBC's ''Breakfast with Frost'' programme. Reid warned Britishers ''that there will be danger to us.'' ''We are America's biggest ally ... it may involve sacrifices,'' he said. He confirmed that the government was looking at a range of measures to strengthen its anti-terrorism laws, but denied that any new laws would violate the European Convention on Human Rights. ''We have to get that balance between democracy and that defence of democracy,'' Reid said. A Downing Street spokesman said Britain already has one of the tightest anti-terrorism laws in Europe, and significant new measures were not currently on the table. The Terrorism Act of 2000 greatly expanded a 1974 law passed after the Irish Republican Army killed 21 people in pub bombings in Birmingham. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/XrFcOC/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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