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	Fayetteville Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The soldiers were involved in a U.S. military operation, dubbed Mountain Resolve, the military said.
		Mountain Resolve has been going on since Nov. 7 in eastern Nuristan and Kunar provinces, but so far no major skirmishes with suspected Taliban and al-Qaida holdouts have taken place.
		An American soldier taking part in the Mountain Resolve operation was killed Nov. 14 when his vehicle struck a land mine near Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province.
	www.fayettevillenc.com /printer.php?Story=6020418 (361 words)

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		According to the coalition forces' military spokesman, U.S. Colonel Rodney Davis, the aim of operation Mountain Resolve is to "to clear the area of anticoalition and antigovernment fighters," "The New York Times," reported on 11 November.
		While most international media have indicated that the operation is being conducted by U.S. forces, Radio Afghanistan reported on 10 November that "coalition forces together with the Afghan forces have launched" the military campaign.
		Coalition spokesman Colonel Davis said on 11 November that operation Mountain Resolve is "one of the most challenging" undertaken by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in two years, Reuters reported.
	www.azadiradio.org /en/dailyreport/2003/11/12.asp (541 words)

	New anti-terror campaign starts - PittsburghLIVE.com
		U.S. military spokesman Col. Rodney Davis said soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's "Warrior Brigade" are engaging in Operation Mountain Resolve to hunt for anti-coalition forces in the rugged Nuristan province.
		The anti-terrorism Operation Mountain Resolve was launched Friday in Nuristan and in neighboring Kunar province.
		Goals of the operation include destroying anti-coalition elements, disrupting their ability to operate in an area of eastern Afghanistan that is 95 miles northeast of Kabul and closing the border with Pakistan.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/terrorism/s_164824.html (743 words)

	CBS News \| 5 GIs Die In Afghan Chopper Crash \| December 1, 2003 12:59:34
		Where al Qaeda operates, who's been caught, how they're financed and a timeline of attacks on Americans.
		The MH-53 transport helicopter was involved in an ongoing military operation dubbed Mountain Resolve, which is taking place in the east of the country, spokesman Maj. Richard Sater said at the air base.
		Mountain Resolve has run since Nov. 7 in eastern Nuristan and Kunar provinces, but so far no major skirmishes with suspected Taliban and al Qaeda holdouts have taken place.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/12/01/world/main586185.shtml (702 words)

	After WWII -- Camp Hale and Military -- History After WWII
		The 10th Mountain Division was reactivated first as a training division in 1948, then as a light infantry division in 1954.
		In 1994-1995, the 10th Mountain participated as part of a multi-national force dispatched to quell hostilities in Haiti, so that the government of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide could be restored.
		Most recently the 10th Mountain has earned distinction in the war on terrorism through participation in Operation Mountain Resolve and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
	www.mscd.edu /~history/camphale/chm_001.html (1020 words)

	DefendAmerica News - 10th Mtn. Div. Shows its Mettle In Operation Mountain Resolve, Part Two
		To help lessen the load of soldiers carrying heavy radios and other essential supplies while climbing the mountain, the 10th Mountain Division soldiers borrowed a page from World War II history, according to Ashmead, when they contracted locals and rented four donkeys to aid them on their mission.
		The soldiers climbed the steep snaking mountain trail and arrived at the objective as the sun was setting behind ridgelines that dominated the area’s landscape.
		And in climbing the mountains of Afghanistan to fight the War on Terrorism, the soldiers of 10th Mtn.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/nov2003/a111703f.html (865 words)

	CNN.com - 5 GIs die in Afghan copter crash - Nov. 23, 2003
		Operation Mountain Resolve has been going on since November 7 in eastern Nuristan and Kunar provinces, 150 kilometers (95 miles) northeast of Kabul and close to the border with Pakistan.
		A military spokesman said soldiers from the U.S. 10th Mountain Division's "Warrior Brigade" and Afghan militia were in some of the toughest terrain the military has seen in Afghanistan, with fighting taking place around 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above sea level.
		An American soldier taking part in the operation was killed November 14 when his vehicle struck a land mine near Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/23/afghanistan.copter.ap (714 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Article
		NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division lived up to their namesake, braving treacherous terrain and weather to accomplish their initial ground mission during the launch of the Coalition Joint Task Force 180’s latest strike in the war on terrorism, Operation Mountain Resolve.
		Elements of 10th Mountain Division’s Warrior Brigade, led by Company B, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, air assaulted into farm fields on the outskirts of Namgalam Village in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan shortly after nightfall Nov. 6.
		For 10th Mountain Division, this was one of the largest operations in terms of military assets available since arriving in Afghanistan in early August, according to Moore.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/nov2003/a111703e.html (576 words)

	CBS News \| U.S. Troops Battle Afghan Gunmen \| November 16, 2003 11:54:19
		That is the reason for Operation Mountain Resolve, launched Friday in the eastern provinces of Nuristan and Kunar with an airdrop by the 10th Mountain Division, apparently targeting elements of a network of insurgents including al Qaeda, the Taliban and forces loyal to renegade warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
		A specific goal of Operation Mountain Resolve is to destroy anti-coalition elements and disrupt their ability to operate or seek sanctuary in an area of eastern Afghanistan that is about 95 miles northeast of Kabul.
		In the first clash of Operation Mountain Resolve, coalition ground forces engaged in a firefight with six enemy personnel near Marzah in Nuristan province on Monday morning, Davis said.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/11/16/terror/main583888.shtml (984 words)

	Germany -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		(A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century) Austria soon proclaimed its own empire, and the (additional info and facts about German Confederation) German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) coalesced.
		As Chancellor, (German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)) Otto von Bismarck challenged the influence of Catholicism during the (additional info and facts about Kulturkampf) Kulturkampf and fought the rise of (The belief in a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means) Social Democracy.
		They are also assisting the US anti-terrorism operation called (additional info and facts about Enduring Freedom) Enduring Freedom off the (A peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia) Horn of Africa.
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	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- U.S., Afghan forces launch new anti-terror operation
		Spokesman Col. Rodney Davis said Operation Mountain Resolve began Friday in Nuristan and Kunar provinces, which are about 95 miles northeast of the capital, Kabul, and border Pakistan.
		It is focused on destroying anti-coalition elements, disrupting their ability to operate in the eastern region of Afghanistan," Davis told reporters.
		Although Afghanistan's national army is not taking part in Operation Mountain Resolve, the U.S. military has coordinated it with the Kabul government, he said.
	signonsandiego.com /news/world/20031110-0329-afghan-us-fighting.html (322 words)

	Webshots AP News Headlines
		The MH-53 transport helicopter was on a mission connected to Operation Mountain Resolve, a large U.S. military sweep launched Nov. 7 in eastern Nuristan and Kunar provinces hunting for Taliban and al-Qaida militants, U.S. military spokesman Maj. Richard Sater said.
		The CBS and New York Times reporters were in the vehicle that was knocked over by the explosion, suffering minor injuries, the statement said.
		An American soldier taking part in the Mountain Resolve operation was killed Nov. 14 when his vehicle struck a land mine, and last month two CIA agents were killed in an ambush in the eastern Afghan border town of Shkin.
	daily.webshots.com /content/ap/current/h44052690.html (658 words)

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		The anti-terrorism operation was launched Friday in Nuristan and neighboring Kunar province.
		The first two skirmishes in Operation Mountain Resolve occurred Monday, with coalition forces suffering no casualties, Davis said at a news conference at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, the Afghan capital.
		A specific goal of the operation is to destroy anti-coalition elements and disrupt their ability to operate in an area of eastern Afghanistan that is 95 miles northeast of Kabul, and close to the border with Pakistan.
	www.navytimes.com /print.php?f=1-292925-2388092.php (998 words)

	KOMO : 5 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crash
		The soldiers were involved in an ongoing U.S. military operation, dubbed Mountain Resolve, taking place in the east of the country, the military said.
		Also Sunday, a coalition vehicle struck a land mine while patrolling an area of Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, seriously wounding two American soldiers, including one who lost one of his legs.
		Several reporters were traveling with the 10th Mountain Division forces in eastern Afghanistan, but none was seriously hurt, the U.S. military said in a statement issued at Bagram air base.
	www.komotv.com /news/printstory.asp?id=28467 (551 words)

	Operation Enduring Freedom 7
		The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
		soldiers were taking part in an operation called Mountain Resolve in the eastern part of the country.
		Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, N.Y. Spc.
	www.aspiringwriters.biz /inmemoryoef7.html (1129 words)

	Boeing's CH-47 Chinook helicopter - Waging the War against Terrorism [Page 15].
		Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 87 Infantry, 10th Mountain division was operating as part of Operation Mountain Avalanche.
		The porous and mountainous border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been the subject of an intensifying search for al-Qaida and Taliban fugitives crossing the border into Afghanistan.
		Army aviation assets are playing a critical role in helping U.S. Soldiers and Coalition forces destroy remnants of the Taliban regime and the Al Qaeda terrorist network during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
	chinook-helicopter.com /news/Afghanistan/afghanistan_chinooks_15.html (518 words)

	CNN.com - Major Afghan offensive launched - Dec. 8, 2003
		The U.S. military has launched a major ground operation in Afghanistan in an effort to eliminate the remnants of al Qaeda and the Taliban regime overthrown in 2001.
		He said the operation would focus on areas where international troops and aid workers have been hit by terrorist cells.
		But the new offensive was marred by a botched weekend operation in which U.S. military aircraft appear to have accidentally killed nine children in an airstrike on the east-central Afghanistan village of Petaw.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/08/afghan.offensive (578 words)

	Afghan fighting kills 1
		The U.S. military said Operation Mountain Resolve in the snowy peaks of eastern Afghanistan won't stop until a terror network in the region bordering Pakistan is destroyed.
		Operation Mountain Resolve was launched Friday in Nuristan and neighboring Kunar province, 150 kilometers (95 miles) northeast of Kabul, and close to the border with Pakistan.
		Davis told reporters that American soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's "Warrior Brigade" and Afghan militia were in some of the toughest terrain the military has seen in Afghanistan, with fighting taking place around 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level.
	www.roembus.org /english/news/afganistan/cnn_12nov.htm (533 words)

	Buran
		There was considerable technical risk in realising the vertical landing itself - and considerable operational risk in completing the fast and complex series of operations necessary to achieve the landing.
		All docking and manipulator arm operations were automated as well, the sole exception being the final stage of docking when using the manipulator arm.
		These were the first Soviet operational fuel cells and the first in the world to use critical-phase cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen.
	www.astronautix.com /craft/buran.htm (12078 words)

	Why Canada IS Worth SAVING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This idea has given way to the notion that an unemployment rate of 8% is optimal for the operation of our economy and monetary system, regardless of those citizens who are left displaced and demoralized.
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		Canada's natural beauty in her plains, mountains, forests, and lakes, is incomparable and destroying them would be worse than any economic failure.
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	CNN.com - U.S. forces kill Afghan rebel - Nov. 11, 2003
		The operation aims to hunt down Islamic militants in the Nuristan and Kunar provinces in the northeast of the country.
		The northeast of Afghanistan is where renegade Afghan warlord and former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is believed to be most active in undermining the central government of President Hamid Karzai and attacking foreign troops.
		Davis said Operation "Mountain Resolve" involved the 10th Mountain Division Warrior Brigade, special forces, the air force, navy and marine corps as well as local troops.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/11/afghan.us.operation.reut (499 words)

	Chicago Tribune \| Afghan crash kills five U.S. soldiers
		KABUL, Afghanistan - Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven injured when their helicopter crashed yesterday near the American military headquarters north of the Afghan capital, the U.S. Central Command said.
		The soldiers were involved in a continuing U.S. military operation, dubbed Mountain Resolve, taking place in the eastern part of the country, the military said.
		Mountain Resolve started Nov. 7 in the eastern Nuristan and Kunar provinces, but no major skirmishes with suspected Taliban and al-Qaida holdouts have occurred.
	www.chicagotribune.com /technology/bal-te.afghan24nov24,0,7383793.story (648 words)

	USATODAY.com - Afghan blast kills U.S. special ops GI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. special operations soldier was killed Friday when his vehicle struck an explosive device in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command said.
		The U.S.-led coalition launched Operation Mountain Resolve a week ago in Nuristan and Kunar provinces, which border the province that includes the city of Jalalabad.
		The special anti-terror operation involves ground forces supported by helicopter gunships scouring steep, snow-covered mountains.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-11-14-afghan-blast_x.htm (501 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		TOP U.S. Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez told reporters at a 11 November press briefing in Baghdad that there are 30-35 attacks against coalition forces in Iraq every day, twice the number of daily attacks two months ago, AP reported.
		"On the near term, given the focus we have on our offensive operations, and given the level of engagements that the enemy has chosen to move to,...we are going to have more attacks here in the next 30 to 60 days," he added.
		These shortcomings had an adverse effect on KADEK's principal objective to establish a dialogue among the key players in the Kurdish issue in the Middle East." The group's new name will be the Kurdistan People's Congress (KHK), CNN Turk reported on 11 November.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2003/11/6-SWA/swa-121103.asp (2006 words)

	Urdu Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The MH-53 transport helicopter was taking part in a major operation to hunt al Qaeda and Taleban fighters in the country's mountainous north-east when it came down near Bagram Air Base.
		"It's certainly tragic and certainly the biggest casualties of Operation Mountain Resolve to date," he said, adding that casualty figures were not final.
		Sater said special operations soldiers on patrol came under small arms and rocket fire on Friday near Asadabad in Kunar province, 190 kilometres (120 miles) north-east of Kabul near the Pakistan border.
	www.urdutimes.com /englishnews/2003/11/25/en19 (336 words)

	Defense Department Briefing, November 25, 2003
		Additionally, Operation Mountain Resolve continues in the northeast region near the Pakistani border area of Asadabad.
		The purpose of Operation Mountain Resolve is to conduct the interdiction operations, to capture enemy forces and deny sanctuary to them.
		And recently, in the last couple of weeks, I think we've had some success at targeting exactly the kind of people we want to target, so my guess is the percentage has probably gone up.
	www.usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/press/2003/november/112606.html (5834 words)

	Bertrand Russell
		For some, the theory was too weak since it failed to resolve all of the known paradoxes.
		Thus the number 1 would be identified with the class of all unit classes, the number 2 with the class of all two-membered classes, and so on.
		By appealing to analysis (1′), it follows that there is a way to deny (1) without being committed to the existence of a present King of France, namely by accepting that "It is not the case that there exists a present King of France who is bald" is true.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/russell (3963 words)

	USATODAY.com - Helicopter crash kills 5 U.S. soldiers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A helicopter flies over U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve in northeastern Afghanistan.
		The MH-53 transport helicopter was on a mission connected to Operation Mountain Resolve, a large U.S. military sweep launched Nov. 7 in eastern Nuristan and Kunar provinces hunting for Taliban and al-Qaeda militants, U.S. military spokesman Maj. Richard Sater said.
		Eastern and southern Afghanistan have become hotbeds of attacks by pro-Taliban and pro-al-Qaeda militants targeting coalition forces, U.N. workers and relief agencies.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-11-23-afghan-crash_x.htm?csp=1 (761 words)

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