DEAR MOM, BEING AN INSURGENT SUCKS...:

U.S. troops aid Afghans in firefight (Chicago Sun-Times, April 13, 2005)

U.S. troops and warplanes reinforced Afghan forces that were ambushed on a high mountain pass in a firefight that killed about 12 militants and wounded two American soldiers, officials said Tuesday.

U.S. forces scrambled to the aid of a convoy of government troops who came under fire Monday from 30 to 35 militants on a mountain pass near Khost, 90 miles south of Kabul, American and Afghan officials said.

''The insurgents were reported to be fleeing the area but the coalition forces were able to locate them,'' a U.S. military statement said. ''Approximately a dozen insurgents were killed.''