Marine dies in firefight with suspected Taliban troops

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Mon May-10-04 02:24 AM
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Marine dies in firefight with suspected Taliban troops

AFP , KABUL
Monday, May 10, 2004,Page 4

One US Marine was killed and another injured in a firefight with suspected Taliban forces in Afghanistan as coalition forces opened up a new front against al-Qaeda-backed extremists, the US military said on Saturday.

The coalition troops came under attack overnight near Tirin Kot, the capital of the insurgency-hit southern province of Uruzgan, Colonel Tucker Mansager said.

Uruzgan, where two Marines were injured last week, is considered a stronghold of the ousted Taliban militia. It is also the home province of the Taliban's fugitive leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/05/10/2003154875

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Mon May-10-04 02:45 AM
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1. fire fight or gun fight ? I thought firemen had fire fights

anybody know why the media term Fire Fight is so popular?
almost as popular term as insurgent or detainee or enemy combatant.
a bullet fight----a shootout--an "exchange"

fire fight?

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