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	Operation Valiant Strike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Operation Valiant Strike was a major American military ground operation in Afghanistan announced on 19 March 2003.
		It involved 600 men of the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 504th parachute infantry regiment of the 82nd airborne division, along with Roumanian and Afghani troops.
		The operation removed more than 170 rocket-propelled grenades, 180 land mines, 20 automatic rifles and machine guns, and tons of rockets, rifles, and launchers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Valiant_Strike (144 words)

	Afghanistan timeline March 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		U.S. forces detained one person with suspected Taliban ties during Operation Valiant Strike in the Sami Ghar mountains in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan.
		As part of Operation Valiant Strike, U.S. troops poured into the villages of Gari Kaloay and Sekandarzay, Afghanistan, around 140 kilometres (87 miles) east of Kandahar.
		At least nine suspected al Qaeda members were killed in an operation by U.S. and Afghan troops in the far west of Afghanistan in the Ribat area, where the borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran meet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan_timeline_March_1-15,_2003 (7196 words)

	Army - The Soldiers' Newspaper
		Operation Valiant Strike began March 20 and involved special operations forces, 82 Airborne Division’s 504th Parachute Inf Regt and Romanian soldiers, about 600 soldiers in all.
		The operation resulted in the detention of nine Afghans with suspected Taliban ties, and the confiscation of Taliban propaganda and weapons, said Task Force-180 officials.
		Valiant Strike was a direct result of intelligence gleaned over the past few weeks, including interrogations of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a top al-Qaeda lieutenant captured in Pakistan, officials said.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/armynews/editions/1071/topstories/story20.htm (323 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Coalition Forces Launch Operation in Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Operation Valiant Strike is aimed at villages and cave complexes east of Kandahar in the Sami Ghar Mountains, officials said.
		Officials said Valiant Strike is a direct result of intelligence gleaned over the past few weeks, including interrogations of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a top al Qaeda lieutenant captured in Pakistan March 1, they said.
		The operation is another in a series of offensives that included operations Mountain Lion, Mountain Sweep, Champion Strike, Mongoose, Viper and Alamo Sweep.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Mar2003/n03202003_200303201.html (202 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Article
		The purpose of Valiant Strike is to clear and search villages, gather intelligence, search for weapons caches and seek out remaining al Qaeda and Taliban forces, according to 1st Sgt. Brian Severino, Company B, 3rd Bn., 504th PIR “Blue Devils.”
		Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne run towards a Chinook helicopter March 21, 2003 during Operation Valiant Strike conducted in the Sami Ghar Mountains in Maruf District, Afghanistan.
		Operation Valiant Strike is a continuation of the U.S. Army's goal of seizing weapons caches, gathering intelligence, and capturing remaining Taliban and Al Qaeda members in Afghanistan.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/mar2003/a032703c.html (754 words)

	Asia Times
		On March 20, the Pentagon launched a major operation with more than 1,000 coalition troops in the villages and caves of southern Kandahar province, where troops loyal to the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Hekmatyar's Hizb-I-Islami party were thought to be operating.
		Lieutenant-General Dan K McNeil, the commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, affirmed that one of the primary purposes of the operation, dubbed Valiant Strike, was to disrupt the plans and capability of spoiler groups to regroup and launch a spring offensive.
		Taken together with the decisions of numerous UN agencies and NGOs to suspend operations in the north of the country due to continuing factional clashes between the militias of General Rashid Dostum and General Atta Mohammed, the reconstruction and development process has become increasingly paralyzed in large parts of Afghanistan.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/ED11Ag02.html (2465 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Article
		Operation Valiant Strike wasn’t the first time these soldiers have been sent out into the Afghan mountains; they’ve participated in Viper and Mongoose, improving their abilities with each operation.
		The operation removed more than 170 rocket-propelled grenades, 180 land mines, 20 automatic rifles and machine guns, and tons of rockets, rifles, and launchers with a full range of accessories.
		The soldiers returning from Valiant Strike were eager to enjoy some warm chow and catch up on a little rest, but one squad-automatic-weapon gunner was quick to emphasize the importance of continuing operations like Valiant Strike.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/apr2003/a040103a.html (748 words)

	CBS News \| 6 Dead In Afghanistan Chopper Crash \| March 23, 2003 23:37:07
		The Central Command statement did not say whether the medical emergency was in connection with Operation Valiant Strike, a mission involving members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division in southeastern Afghanistan.
		Earlier, as a part of Operation "Valiant Strike", U.S.-led forces captured two suspected rebels and seized a cache of ammunition and light machine guns in a broad new operation in the hunt for terrorists, an Army spokesman said.
		The arrests Friday of two suspects and their arms cache were part of Operation Valiant Strike, an offensive being conducted by 600 U.S. ground troops in villages and caves in the Sami Ghar mountains of southern Kandahar province, King said.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/03/19/attack/main544719.shtml (392 words)

	The Forgotten War Shows No Sign of Abating - Security Council - Global Policy Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On March 20, 2003, the Pentagon launched a major operation with more than 1,000 coalition troops in the villages and caves of southern Kandahar province, where troops loyal to the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and Hekmatyar's Hizb-I-Islami party were thought to be operating.
		The upsurge of violence that has accompanied the beginning of Operation Valiant Strike and the simultaneous onset of hostilities in Iraq has created an inhospitable and volatile environment for humanitarian and development activities.
		Taken together with the decisions of numerous UN agencies and NGOs to suspend operations in the North of the country due to continuing factional clashes between the militias of Gen. Rashid Dostum and Gen. Atta Mohammed, the reconstruction and development process has become increasingly paralyzed in large parts of the country.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/afghan/2003/0408forg.htm (2516 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		There are thousands of US troops in Afghanistan searching for Osama bin Laden and members of his al Qaida network, prime suspects in the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, as well as leaders of the former Taliban government that sheltered them.
		King described it as a major operation with about 1,000 troops involved, including support troops, but with “considerably less than that on the ground”.
		Fighting in Afghanistan traditionally intensifies with the melting of the snows in spring, and there have been reports that Taliban and al Qaida militants were attempting to regroup and launch attacks, possibly to coincide with war on Iraq.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030321/asp/foreign/story_1788847.asp (382 words)

	Worldandnation: Operation Valiant Strike rounds up cache of weapons
		Charlie Flynn of the 82nd Airborne Division's 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment told his troops as the new operation in the hunt for terrorists began in Afghanistan's rugged Sami Ghar mountains Thursday.
		About 600 U.S. troops assisted by Romanian infantry and Afghan fighters launched Operation Valiant Strike on Thursday just as U.S. forces began airstrikes on Baghdad.
		Chinook and Black Hawk transport helicopters, under escort from Apache helicopter gunships, zoomed into the area, believed to be a haven for members of the former Taliban regime ousted by U.S. troops in late 2001.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/03/24/Worldandnation/Operation_Valiant_Str.shtml (552 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Afghan Ops Continue; Rocket Attacks on U.S. Forces Rise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Operation Valiant Strike is in full swing about 130 kilometers east of Kandahar in the Sami Ghar Mountains.
		About 600 coalition special operations forces and conventional forces are involved in the operation.
		Officials would not give many details of the ongoing operation, except to say there were no U.S. casualties.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Mar2003/n03212003_200303213.html (226 words)

	Operation ‘Valiant Strike’ - U.S. Troops Hunt Al Qaeda Suspects in Southern Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		"It is a separate operation; it is not connected and would have been coincidence," said Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		The military launched the operation after receiving "a mosaic of different intelligence inputs" of activity in the area, King said.
		The operation was led by an 800-soldier battalion known as the "White Devils," part of the 82nd Airborne division, though additional ground support teams and special forces soldiers also were taking part, King and other Army officials said.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/870867/posts (577 words)

	Rita Katz & Josh Devon on al Qaeda on National Review Online
		To be sure, Mohammed's arrest and full-blown attacks like "Valiant Strike" will radiate throughout al Qaeda's tentacles, hopefully leading to the identification and dismantling of several clandestine cells and the al Qaeda network.
		But al Qaeda is not anything, if not a resilient organization by its very design, and its coterie of leaders have no doubt planned and prepared for any of the top officials' captures or deaths.
		It is an ideology that transcends the name "al Qaeda" and in many ways serves as a religion that has proven far too seductive for much of the world.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-katz-devon032003.asp (1022 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news US launches major Afghan offensive
		Operations involved aircraft and troops attacking east of the main southern city of Kandahar.
		"Valiant Strike will consist of offensive operations east of Kandahar," the statement said.
		The Adi Ghar offensive was followed by further operations in the remote valleys of Helmand province, to the north of Kandahar, where diehard Taliban fighters ambushed a Special Forces patrol.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/220828.htm (341 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| US widens Afghan search
		Heavily armed helicopters had moved troops some 30 kilometres from where Operation Valiant Strike began, he said.
		Valiant Strike has seen a combination of air assaults and land offensives.
		US officers deny the operation was timed to coincide with the US-led attack on Iraq.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/2884669.stm (348 words)

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		The cache was found inside several buildings in a walled compound near the southern Sami Ghar mountains, where hundreds of U.S.-led troops are hunting for terror suspects in a broad new operation, said Lt. Col.
		Operation Valiant Strike — the latest U.S. offensive in the war on terror in Afghanistan — is being conducted in villages and caves in southern Kandahar province, Shields said.
		The operation began Thursday as an intensified search for Taliban, al-Qaida and loyalists of renegade rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whom U.S. authorities have branded a terrorist.
	www.durangoherald.com /news/03/news030323_8.htm (575 words)

	Afghanistan Daily Digest
		Most sources reporting from Afghanistan have stated that Operation Valiant Strike is concentrated in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar Province.
		However, "The New York Times" reported from the headquarters of U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar, that the operations were concentrated in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province and in Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan's Balkh Province.
		If true, Operation Valiant Strike could constitute a significant military action by the United States to subdue not only remnants of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, but also the warlords in northern Afghanistan.
	www.eurasianet.org /resource/afghanistan/hypermail/200303/0071.shtml (237 words)

	The Greatest Jeneration - Bush: "We will accept no outcome but victory."
		Coalition forces began striking selected targets against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, President Bush announced in a live address from the Oval Office on Wednesday night.
		The operation, dubbed "Valiant Strike," is taking place in the air and on the ground southeast of Kandahar.
		Operation Valiant Strike is the biggest U.S. terrorist-seeking operation in over a year, military officials said.
	www.greatestjeneration.com /archives/001108.php (678 words)

	Association of the United States Army: Letters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Also included is an article on Operation Valiant Strike, highlighting the ongoing efforts of U.S. Army soldiers in Afghanistan in their fight against terrorism.
		The effective application of operational art is undoubtedly hard to do, but clearly it is what happens between the ears of combatant commanders (and their staffs) in developing and executing joint and combined campaigns and major operations to meet strategic objectives.
		In closing, I suggest that for the foreseeable future, an operational level of war and operational art will still be required to translate strategy into campaigns and sequences of actions essential to achieving the nation’s objectives.
	ausa.org /webpub/DeptArmyMagazine.nsf/byid/CCRN-6CCS8B?OpenDocument&... (1995 words)

	US hunts Al Qaeda cadre in Kandahar
		United States forces have launched an operation in southeast Afghanistan to nab members of the Al Qaeda.
		Operation Valiant Strike began with an air assault just east of Kandahar, army officials said.
		The operation was launched after radio transmissions coming from caves located in the hills surrounding the three villages were intercepted.
	www.rediff.com /us/2003/mar/20afg.htm (90 words)

	by Spc
		During the first day of Valiant Strike, Co. B troops spent a greater part of the day searching the village of Laday.
		Pinkley said one of the best parts of participating in operations like Valiant Strike is finding large weapons caches and taking them out of circulation.
		Even though Operation Valiant Strike is not finished Pinkley said, so far, the mission has been going well and he is positive about its future.
	www.ausa.org /dispatches/by_spc.htm (927 words)

	BBC News Online \| Home \| US launches major al-Qaeda hunt
		American troops have launched a major military operation in southern Afghanistan, said to be one of the largest in over a year.
		Soldiers from the army's 82nd Airborne Division are being used in the assault near the city of Kandahar, where they are believed to be looking for members of the al-Qaeda network.
		Military spokesman, Lieutenant Coryll Angel told the AP news agency that it is expected the operation in southern Kandahar will last for two or three days.
	news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/pda/front_page/newsid_2867000/2867101.htm (390 words)

	US raid to snare bin Laden - smh.com.au
		Attack helicopters and armoured vehicles supported the troops in an operation called Valiant Strike, south and east of Kandahar, according to a US military spokesman, who briefed journalists at Bagram air base near the capital, Kabul.
		The raids came minutes after US forces launched their first missile strike against Iraq but the spokesman, Col Roger King, said the timing was coincidental.
		"Operations in Afghanistan are conducted completely independent of any operations in other sectors," he said.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/03/21/1047749907519.html (515 words)

	CNN.com - 1,000 U.S. troops raid Afghan towns - Mar. 20, 2003
		As the world watched events unfold in Iraq early Thursday morning, Operation Valiant Strike, begun with an air assault, just east of Kandahar, army officials confirmed on Thursday.
		Valiant Strike follows in the wake of the military's last big anti-terror mission in Afghanistan, which was called Operation Anaconda.
		A U.S. official told CNN that Osama bin Laden was not the target of Valiant Strike but the official said he couldn't comment further.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/03/20/afghan.us/index.html (289 words)

	The Flagship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		They did say fewer than 1,000 forces are assigned to Operation Valiant Strike.
		The majority of the troops involved in the operation come from the 82nd Airborne Division.
		Cramer said the operation is proceeding smoothly, and coalition forces are searching villages and cave complexes.
	www.flagshipnews.com /iraqi_freedom/mar252003_2.shtml (255 words)

	XMFan.com :: #1 Fan Site of XM Satellite Radio :: It's on.....
		The operation, dubbed "Valiant Strike," is taking place in the air and on the ground southeast of Kandahar, Fox News has learned.
		Operation Valiant Strike is the biggest U.S. terrorist-seeking operation in over a year, military officials said.
		Officials in Afghanistan confirmed the operation in the remote, mountainous area was underway, but would provide no further details.
	www.xmfan.com /viewtopic.php?p=23927 (800 words)

	Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs: U.S. and Global News Coverage
		As the United States military launched preemptive strikes on Iraq last night, 1,000 soldiers from the Army’s 82nd Airborne began a two-and-a-half day attack on three villages east of Kandahar near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
		Operation Valiant Strike, the largest operation in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda last year, involved assaults by Chinook, Blackhawk, and Apache helicopters with ground support from Humvees.
		Officials denied Osama bin Laden was the target of Valiant Strike and declined further comment, reported CNN.
	www.msmagazine.com /news/uswirestory.asp?id=7636 (425 words)

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