Show r I r y r rT A8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday March 21 2002 n World - v wras off sOaongeir ©emiecaD i Al-Qai- Taliban da BAGRAM Afghanistan (AP) — The Operation Anaconda commander warned on Wednesday that fighters are an “adaptable enemy” already drawing on a fresh flow of cash to rebuild fences in eastern Pak-ti- a province Just 40 miles to the east US and Afghan troops came under fire and one American was wounded Intelligence data showed that fighters already were movto ing regroup Maj Gen Frank Hagenbeck said just two days after completion of the largest US offensive in the Afghan war He predicted increased activity as die weather ’ i CTT(Hl Ml ' ' ' ft- well-outfitt- Will n AP photo A fireball rises into the sky at Bag ram Air Base after demolition teams detonated Soviet-er- a bombs and rockets in a controlled explosion on Wednesday The rock- ets were found around the US base and were being destroyed for safety ed : Afghan troops with machine guns grenades and mortars touching off a firefight Tuesday night near the town of Khost One American soldier was wounded' The soldier with the 101st Air- borne Division waft shot in the arm but the injury was not considered said Commander Frank Meniman a spokesman for US Central Command At the same time three Afghan fighters were killed in a raid on a checkpoint near the Khost airport Afghan officials said US troops and their Afghan allies 0 called in support from an gunship and a B- -l bomber which illuminated the area with flares Central Command said rocket-propell- da forces regrouping? y improves “I can tell you there are operatives in Paktia right now who are going to great lengths to try to regroup or regenerate” Hagenbeck said in an interview with three news organizations in his office at Bagram air base ‘They are also spending a lot of money to regroup” He declined to elaborate on what measures operatives were taking But he said it was a rich organization able to count on backing from the people in die region near the Pakistani bonier “They are a very adaptable enemy” he said Just 40 miles east of the main battlefield in Operation Anaconda gunmen launched an attack on US and - ed US-alli- ed AC-13- Afghan 'Suspects’ seized then freed SNGESAR Afghanistan (AP) — Families cowered in their beds terrified they’d be bombed as aircraft and a US ground force swooped in on a village security post in the darkness “Dresh!” — “Hands up!” — the raiders shouted Then villagers said the Americans shot the lock off a mosque door searched the village school and finally just before dawn prayers roared off with their 3 1 suspects Frightened Afghans’ ' emerged slowly from their homes to see what had hap--' pened Since Sunday's raid they still don’t have the ' answers and Afghan officials say the entire operation was a mistake v The grape-growivillage in southern Afghanistan was once home to Mullah mad Omar the Taliban’s fugi- -' live spiritual leader but the ' seized men were neither Talmembers iban nor US arid Afghan officials said In fact a key Afghan official said the 31 were actually militiamen of an Afghan Cabinet member Aref ‘ Khan Noorzai minister for small industries The official a member of the Kandahar province military council who spoke on condition he not be named said the Americans should have checked with Afghan officials first Instead he said they made the same mistake as on Jan ' 23 when US special forces raided a compound in Uruz- gan province and witnesses reported 21 Afghans killed After that attack American officials acknowledged that the dead and 27 men detained were neither holdouts of the ousted Taliban government nor members of the terrorist network Blit they forces went oh to say that U-had been fired on first and they refused to characterize the operation as a mistake ' This time no Casualties were reported A Pentagon spokesman Brig Gen John W Rosa Jr told reporters the village was targeted because intelligence reports showed “more amiriu- nition more weapons in that area We also saw folks that we didn’t necessarily recog- Sale good through April 3th 1UHPB&S0HVl4riWHBLAIE 17jHP0HVBKG$tn MOWHBUDB da ' Set up Ready mow ! 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