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Saturday’s ground attack, which began at dawn, made little head way in dislodging Taliban and al-Qaida fighters who fought back with artillery, mortars and heavy machine guns, Afghan officials said. A U.S. defense official said a U.S.-led force of 1,500 Afghan allies, U.S. special forces and troops from the Army’s 101st Airborne assault troops assem bled for a battle. Canadian troops also participated, but not in large numbers, Canadian military spokesperson Lt. Navy Luc Charron said. Afghan fighters interviewed here said the Americans told them there were about 4,000 al-Qaida and Taliban warriors holed up in the moun tains. More than 80 bombs were dropped Friday and Saturday in the snowy, mountainous terrain, the U.S. military’s Central Command in Florida said. For the first time, warplanes dropped newly developed bombs designed to send suffocating blasts through cave complexes, military officials said. The “ther- mobaric” bombs were tested in December and officials said in January that they would be rushed to the region for the war. U.S. forces dropped pam phlets written in Afghanistan’s Pashto and Dari languages on the arid plains near the mountain site of the assault, warning that the days of al-Qaida and the Taliban were numbered and urging resi dents not to support them, “Stop resisting. End your fight. Otherwise you are fin ished,” the pamphlets declared. They urged residents to inform coalition forces about regroup ing al-Qaida and Taliban troops and featured a picture of a Taliban fighter armed with a Kalashnikov sitting on a truck. Afghan forces broke off the attack in early afternoon and withdrew, possibly to allow U.S. bombers to soften up Taliban and al-Qaida positions overnight. Heavy bombers could be heard flying toward the area late Saturday and B-52 bombers were flying over the area Sunday morning. The Central Command said fighting contin ued into Saturday night. Pakistan closed its border to prevent escap>e by any fleeing al- Qaida or Taliban members. Associated Press reporters saw U.S. military helicopters rush- Major U.S.-le offensive The largest reportedp-j ground offensive bega 1 Saturday against TaliL al-Qaida strongholds r ■ yuE eastern Afghan proving re sea AFGHANtSTflft .tfijcal ' v,u ' Paktla {eat: do" province Garde?_ ft a pi ' N at< ' 'ainl Mciall/e ers> lias U lha! I° n1 'Khost ■have d« Area of ) the ! i'- elopvd arth _PsielieLh- i' bombing .aiM tfifi SOURCE ESRl mg Saturday toward tfei | mountains where the I waged. Ubaidullah Khaiu the nearby Pakistani I of Miran Shah, said was launched after al-Qai' ers rebuffed a surTtni from local Afghan officii “We have surroundec! Qaida and Taliban.'r Saif Ullah, a membei local governing cos Paktia province’s G« Palestinian shooter opens fi at Israeli army checkpoint \, "ISLagi 44 JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian gunmen opened fire Sunday on Israeli soldiers and civilian cars at an army checkpoint in the West Bank, killing nine people and wounding two seriously, a para medic on the scene said. The dead included seven soldiers and two civil ians, the paramedic, Hezi Tsur, told Israel radio. The attack came just 12 hours after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem late Saturday, killing nine Israelis, including several children, and wounding more than 30. The Al Aqsa Brigades, a militia linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for Saturday’s bombing. Israel radio said the militia also claimed responsibility for Sunday’s shooting attack. The militia has said it would take revenge for Israel’s assault last Week on the West Bank Sophomo trains Oli The state of Israel knows how to defend the people oflsraely and will do so. — Dore Gold Israeli government spokesperson siles at Palestinian Authority headquartesf small factory in Bethlehem. The Israeli milt the strike was retaliation for the Jerusalem!) The thunderous blast from the suicided ] shook downtown Jerusalem and sent flam 1 ing into the air from a car that caughtfm 1 splattered the stone wall in front of the Israel seminary, where up to 1,000 faT every Saturday evening The bomber enteredi' L__ Shearim neighborhood Jerusalem, “approached a|* of people (and detonated! sy explosive on his b