AFGHANISTAN - Aug. 6 - US Forces Kill 4.US special forces patrolling near a border town in the east of the country kill four men trying to attack them. Amidst a·midst prep. Variant of amid. [Middle English amiddes : amidde; see amid + -es, adverbial suffix; see -s3.] conflicting reports, US forces spokesman Col. Roger King first said the special operations Operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities for which there is no broad conventional force requirement. troops returned fire after being shot at from a car with five passengers. Later, officials revised their account, saying that the troops opened fire after one of the car's passengers pointed a rifle at the US patrol and pulled the trigger. In another incident, at least 12 gunmen, along with two local police officers and a civilian, were killed in a firefight fire·fight n. An exchange of gunfire, as between infantry units. on the southern outskirts of Kabul. A government official said the attackers were foreigners Foreigners alienage the condition of being an alien. androlepsy Law. the seizure of foreign subjects to enforce a claim for justice or other right against their nation. gypsyologist, gipsyologist Rare. , possibly Pakistanis or Arabs. |
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