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	Operation Mountain Viper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Operation Mountain Viper, the United States Army and the Afghan National Army (nearly 1000 in number) worked together from August 30 to early September, 2003, to uncover hundreds of suspected Taliban rebels dug into the mountains of Daychopan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan.
		One U.S. soldier died in an accidental fall.
		The Operation worked in conjunction with Operation Warrior Sweep.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Mountain_Viper (110 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Afghanistan Update
		Mountain Viper, a deliberately planned combat operation, is aimed at eliminating ACM forces in the southern region.
		Coalition forces are operating in coordination with AMF indigenous to the Zabul and Kandahar provinces.
		Operations Mountain Viper and Warrior Sweep demonstrate the coalition's resolve to rid Afghanistan of disruptive elements and establish security in the nation.
	www.defendamerica.mil /afghanistan/update/sep2003/au090803.html (5561 words)

	Epochtimes English Edition-
		The operation is taking place around the mountain town of Daichopan in the southeastern province of Zabul.
		The operation follows a series of fatal attacks on Afghan police and other targets in the area, which the Afghan transitional government blames on the Taleban remnants.
		Operation Mountain Viper complements a similar operation, called "Warrior Sweep," against militants in provinces farther north, including Paktia and Paktika.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/3-9-5/4143.html (297 words)

	Taliban Kill 9 Afghans - US Launches Operation
		The U.S. military, leading a 12,500-strong international force hunting remnants of the Taliban and al Qaeda network it sheltered, announced a fresh operation against the largest concentration of Taliban fighters since the regime's ouster late in 2001.
		Dubbed "Operation Mountain Viper," U.S. spokesman Colonel Rodney Davis said it began Saturday in the Dai Chopan district of Zabul, where U.S. warplanes and helicopter gunships have been pounding militant positions.
		He told reporters at Bagram, the U.S. headquarters in Afghanistan north of Kabul, that U.S. soldiers and special operations forces backed by aircraft would be deployed to help Afghan troops hunt up to 1,000 Taliban.
	www.rense.com /general40/talibn.htm (500 words)

	Army Times - News - More News. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The fighting in Zabul and Kandahar is part of an operation dubbed “Mountain Viper” that has been going on for more than two weeks.
		“Operation Mountain Viper continues to destroy the Taliban’s ability to operate in the southern region of Afghanistan,” the military said from Bagram Air Base, north of the capital Kabul.
		The U.S. military says it is inflicting heavy casualties on the rebels, but the ability of the militia to mount such stiff resistance over a sustained period has led to fears of a mounting security threat in Afghanistan, two years after the Taliban were ousted in a U.S.-led bombing campaign.
	www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-2228297.php (467 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| war on terror US battle militants in Afghan mountains
		Afghan forces supported by US troops and aircraft have been engaged for the past week in a major operation against suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda bases in the mountains of Daychopan district of Zabul province, 300 kilometres southwest of Kabul.
		Coalition Special Operation Forces and 10th Mountain Division troops backed by aircraft on Saturday launched a fresh offensive in the Daychopan area, dubbed Operation Mountain Viper.
		"Operation Mountain Viper continues their offensive near Daychopan as part of Operation Mountain Viper," Colonel Rodney Davis told reporters at the coalition's Bagram Air Base headquarters 50 kilometres north of Kabul.
	iafrica.com /news/us_terror/267524.htm (581 words)

	Action Update Archive, Summer 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Given the fluid nature of the conflict and operational security constraints, these updates draw on occasionally unconfirmed and incomplete press reports, as well as official information that is by necessity guarded.
		Viper began at the end of August in the southeast, and Operation Warrior Sweep has continued further north since July.
		The main target of Operation Mountain Viper was the estimated 1,000 Taliban gathered in the Dai Chupan district of Zabul province, one of the largest concentrations of such fighters seen since the group was ousted from power late in 2001.
	cdi.org /program/document.cfm?DocumentID=1279&from_page=../index.cfm (4243 words)

	washingtonpost.com: U.S. Officer Says Operation Taking Toll on Taliban
		A senior U.S. official said the fighters have recently begun operating in groups of as many as 100 and are trying to carry out organized attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
		The al Qaeda terrorist network, which operated freely in Afghanistan before the U.S.-led war began after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, is providing some financial and logistic support to the fighters, Vines said.
		The ongoing operation, dubbed Mountain Viper, includes Army units from the 10th Mountain Division, the 5th Special Forces Group and Air Force warplanes, said Col. Rodney Davis, the task force spokesman.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A40128-2003Sep7?language=printer (899 words)

	Andrew Maykuth Online \| maykuth.com
		Issaq was deployed to Zabul in the aftermath of Operation Mountain Viper, an offensive that saw some of the most severe fighting since the Taliban was ousted in 2001.
		The local warlords, who often finance their operations by extracting bribes or protecting opium traffickers, are just as likely to engage in grudge matches with rival militias as to combat the Taliban.
		The action was unusual in that the Taliban typically operates in groups of eight or fewer soldiers, occasionally firing rockets at coalition bases but mostly avoiding contact with the well-trained and well-equipped Americans.
	www.maykuth.com /afghan/rebuild1006.html (1393 words)

	U.S.-Led Forces Kill 11 Taliban - CBS News
		The fighting in the mountains of Kandahar and Zabul provinces has been going on since the end of August, and more than 100 suspected Taliban have been killed, U.S. and Afghan officials said.
		"Operation Mountain Viper continues to destroy the Taliban's ability to operate in the southern region of Afghanistan," the military said in a statement issued from Bagram Air Base, north of the capital, Kabul.
		The U.S. military said it was inflicting heavy casualties on the rebels, but the ability of the militia to mount such stiff resistance over a sustained period has led to fears of a mounting security threat in Afghanistan, two years after the Taliban were ousted in a U.S.-led bombing campaign.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/09/19/terror/main574152.shtml (710 words)

	15 Suspected Taleban Fighters Killed in Afghanistan Clashes
		The coalition troops involved in the battle are currently staging an offensive in the region, dubbed Operation Mountain Viper, in an effort to root out Taleban positions.
		"Mountain Viper" appears to have taken a heavy toll on the Taleban and other insurgents, including remnants of the al-Qaida terror network and troops commanded by rebel warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
		Since the operation began on August 30, the U.S. military estimates 100 insurgents have been killed.
	www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2003/09-15-4.htm (307 words)

	washingtonpost.com: U.S. Forces Fight Against Suspected Taliban
		A senior U.S. official also said the fighters have recently begun operating in groups with as many as 100 members and are trying to carry out organized attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
		The al Qaeda terrorist network, which operated freely in Afghanistan before the U.S.-led war began after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, is providing some financial and logistics support to the fighters, Vines said.
		The ongoing operation, dubbed Mountain Viper, includes Army units from the 10th Mountain Division, the 5th Special Forces Group units and Air Force warplanes, said Col. Rodney Davis, the task force spokesman.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A39252-2003Sep7?language=printer (829 words)

	Progress Report on the Global War on Terrorism
		During Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, the United States built a worldwide coalition of 70 countries that dismantled the repressive Taliban regime and denied al-Qaida a safe haven in Afghanistan.
		DHS is operating the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which tracks foreign students who come to the United States, ensuring they are actually enrolled and attending classes, while facilitating the entry of legitimate students.
		Operation Safe Commerce (OSC) is a public-private partnership to fund new initiatives designed to enhance tracking and security for container cargo moving through the international transportation system to the United States.
	www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/rpt/24087.htm (8933 words)

	VIPER - VIsual Position EstimatoR
		The VIPER project aims at building a teleoperation interface which can analyze images sent by a mobile robot in space missions and estimate the position of the robot.
		During June and July of 1997, the Nomad robot from Carnegie Mellon University is demonstrating autonomous and teleoperated capabilities by traversing the Atacama desert in Chile.
		Automatic Mountain Detection and Pose Estimation for Teleoperation of Lunar Rovers, is the most recent paper about the system, presented at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Mexico, 1997.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs/project/viper/www (490 words)

	The Command Post - Global War On Terror - Score 125+ for 7
		US troops are hunting down Taliban remnants in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan after a bloody offensive left around 100 militants dead, a US military spokesman said.
		US-led coalition Special Operation Forces and 10th Mountain Division troops backed by aircraft Saturday launched a fresh offensive in the Daychopan area, dubbed Operation Mountain Viper.
		Operation Mountain Viper continues at the vicinity of Daychopan in Zabul province," Colonel Rodney Davis said.
	www.command-post.org /gwot/2_archives/008384.html (1061 words)

	Navy Times - News - More News.
		American bombing echoed through the mountains as the troops tried to root out hundreds of Taliban holdouts who have offered a week of fierce resistance.
		The military said U.S. special operations forces and soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division were involved along with close air support.
		The latest attacks on the Afghan soldiers, both near the mountains of Dai Chupan, appeared to be an attempt by the insurgents to distract government forces from the main battle, said Hotak.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-2178801.php (739 words)

	US coalition launches new Afghan offensive - Sept. 02, 2003
		"The operation was initiated (Saturday) with an air assault in the mountains in the vicinity of Daychopan," he said.
		"Of course we are operating in that area to engage anti-coalition forces," Davis said, referring to suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters reportedly regrouping in their hundreds in the remote and mountainous region.
		It was not possible to independently verify the death toll in the remote and mountainous area.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2003/sep/02/wnw_4-1.htm (481 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. troops, Afghan guerrillas fight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		There were no reported casualties among U.S. or Afghan troops in the fighting that began a day earlier in Kandahar province and has been dubbed Operation Mountain Viper, said a statement issued by the military from its headquarters in Bagram.
		Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, based in Fort Drum, N.Y., came under attack Saturday as they patrolled near a U.S. base in Paktika province, a few miles from the border with Pakistan, the American military said in a statement.
		In Belgium on Monday, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson said the alliance is considering a U.S. and German request for the U.N. peacekeeping force in Afghanistan to spread outside the capital, Kabul.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-09-15-us-taliban-fight_x.htm (586 words)

	Taliban kill six Afghan soldiers in clashes -DAWN - International; September 9, 2003
		The US military also confirmed reports from Afghan officials that 124 militants had been killed one of the offensives, the nine-day old Operation Mountain Viper against rebel hideouts in the Daychopan mountains in southeast Zabul province, 300 kilometres southwest of Kabul.
		Operation Warrior Sweep is ongoing and Operation Mountain Viper is ongoing,” Davis said.
		The offensives are among the largest since the March 2002 Operation Anaconda offensive against Taliban and Al Qaeda cave bases in the Shahi Kot valley in Paktia province.—AFP
	www.dawn.com /2003/09/09/int10.htm (383 words)

	Global Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		QALAT, Afghanistan -- U.S. jets bombed suspected Taliban positions in the mountains of southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, while U.S. and Afghan troops surrounded a cave where several insurgents are holding out, an Afghan commander said.
		The insurgents are entrenched in hideouts deep within mountain gorges, and along rivers that wind through the mountains.
		Since Saturday, the U.S. military has dubbed its role in the skirmishes as "Operation Mountain Viper." The military said U.S. special operations forces and soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, as well as close air support, have been involved.
	www.systemofadown.com /globalaction/asia7.html (559 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		U.S. war planes have been bombing those areas in what is being described as one of the fiercest battles since the Taliban was driven from Kabul in late 2001.
		A spokesman for the coalition forces, U.S. Army Colonel Rodney Davis, says Operation Mountain Viper began on 30 August with airstrikes against suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda hideouts in the remote Dai Chopan District.
		Coalition spokesman Davis says two U.S. soldiers who were killed in the fighting died yesterday from injuries sustained during a 90-minute battle in the neighboring province of Paktika.
	www.rferl.org /features/2003/09/01092003160608.asp (860 words)

	124 Taliban killed in Zabul operation -DAWN - Top Stories; September 5, 2003
		Up to 1,000 Afghan soldiers supported by US troops and aircraft had been engaged for more than a week in the major operation against suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda bases in the mountains of Daychopan district of Zabul province, 300 kilometres southwest of Kabul.
		US military spokesman Major Ralph Marino said Operation Mountain Viper was continuing but was not limited to Zabul.
		Afghan authorities had said up to 300 Taliban fighters were regrouping in the mountains in Zabul and neighbouring Uruzgan.
	www.dawn.com /2003/09/05/top6.htm (422 words)

	Rumsfeld: Multi-Prong Attack Needed to Reduce Number of Terrorists
		Rumsfeld came to the podium during a briefing designed to provide an operational update on the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		Air Force Lieutenant General Norton Schwartz, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pointed to recent military successes in Afghanistan.
		For example, he said "Operation Mountain Viper" has netted mortar rounds, rockets and munitions during search and destroy missions in Kandahar and Orgun.
	www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2003/10-23-9.htm (723 words)

	Bloodiest hunt for al Qaeda / U.S. forces have killed as many as 200 in past 2 weeks, general says
		The al Qaeda terrorist network, which operated freely in Afghanistan before the U.S.-led war began after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, is providing some financial and logistics support to the fighters, Vines said.
		The operation, dubbed Mountain Viper, includes Army units from the 10th Mountain Division, the 5th Special Forces Group and Air Force warplanes, said Col.
		Afghan officials said Sunday that hundreds of Afghan government troops were preparing for a new offensive against the Taliban in the south and east, including along the border with Pakistan, the Associated Press reported.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/08/MN46961.DTL (835 words)

	Watertown Daily Times: Fort Drum :: 10th Mountain Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A third 10th Mountain Division soldier in the last month has been killed in combat in Afghanistan.
		A breathless midday on a flinty hilltop east of Kabul, altitude 6,500 feet, not a cloud to challenge the sun.
		A former star athlete at Potsdam High School was one of two 10th Mountain Division soldiers killed Sunday during a firefight with Taliban guerrillas in eastern Afghanistan.
	www.watertowndailytimes.net /afghanistan.html (913 words)

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		Carl Vinson and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are on deployment in the western Pacific Ocean, conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
		The 15th MEU, from Camp Pendleton, Calif., is being relieved by the 26th MEU, from Camp Lejeune, N.C. The USS Peleliu is the flagship of an Amphibious Ready Group operating in the Arabian Sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
		George Washington is operating in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch.
	www.veteranshour.com /photoarchive2.htm (3211 words)

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