US Forces Hunt For Kidnapped UN Workers (Afghanistan, the Forgotten War)

[LynnTheDem]

U.S. and Afghan forces have raided a house in Kabul in an operation aimed at freeing three foreign UN workers kidnapped in October.

Reports say that U.S. helicopters circled over the neighbourhood as Afghan intelligence officers searched the area and raided the house.

Rockets were fired from U.S. aircraft and at least one hit a civilian house, with no casualties, according to police and intelligence sources.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1263830,00.html

[TacticalPeek]

1. Kick.

9/11 changed everything. Right.

One more trip down the page.

:kick:

[burrowowl]

2. Kick

and what are the Afghan war casualties?

[LynnTheDem]

4. Not enough deaths to garner US attention

Luckily we have so very few troops in Afghanistan to get killed. We'll just keep losing 40-some every year and Americans won't notice.

2004 43
2003 46
2002 43
2001 12

Total 144

[TacticalPeek]

3. Apparently freed now (the Observer link now goes to an unrelated articlle)

Kidnapped UN workers freed in Afghanistan
Last Updated Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:55:46 EST

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - U.S. and Afghan forces have apparently freed three UN workers who were kidnapped in Kabul on Oct. 28.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/11/22/afghankidnap041122.html