One of the best-kept secrets of the campaign has been the number of fatalities suffered by the Special Forces put on the ground by the United States, Russia, Uzbekistan, Britain and France. DEBKAfile’s military sources do not doubt that these commando units sustained losses, despite a news blackout imposed on the casualty count in Washington, London, Paris and Moscow. The Russian Spetznaz special forces and Uzbek commandos that spearheaded the Northern Alliance offensive took the greatest number of casualties, an estimated 120 killed. American fatalities stand between 30 and 35. Some were killed by friendly fire – bombs or missiles fired by US warplanes.
Hakki
|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
|| [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Ken Hanly
|| Sent: 18 Kasim 2001 Pazar 20:45
|| To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
|| Subject: US Confused as to where to go next?
||
||
|| This is from News Internation Pakistan. I have no idea how
|| reliable it is.
|| The author claims there is a news blackout re US and UK casualties. I
|| haven't heard of any casualty reports. Has anyone? Has there been any
|| commetary on this? The WND is not too reliable in my experience
|| though it
|| sometimes does seem to scoop stuff. It seems to be a Christian
|| outfit but
|| Pugliese can fill us in....;)
||
|| Cheers, Ken Hanly
||
|| US confused where to go next
||