.S. Troops Raid Afghanistan for al-Qaida (AP, 3/19/03)

About 1,000 U.S. troops launched a raid on villages in southeastern Afghanistan Thursday, hunting for members of the al-Qaida terrorist network in the biggest U.S. operation in just over a year, military officials said.

Helicopters ferried troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division to the remote, mountainous area as the hunt for Osama bin Laden and his terror network intensified, according to U.S. military officials in Washington. [...]

It was the largest U.S. military operation in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda just over a year ago.

Which makes this seem even more petty--Top White House anti-terror boss resigns (P. Mitchell Prothero, 3/19/2003, UPI)--since when is it okay for patriots to quit their posts in time of war? Posted by Orrin Judd at March 20, 2003 12:16 AM