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THE BATTALII
U.S. fights off Afghan rebel
By Mark Kennedy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Attacks on U.S.-led forces continue
BAGRAM, Afghanistan —
Hundreds of U.S. troops pressed
toward rebel fighters in rugged
mountain caves Tuesday, while
warplanes bombed dug-in
enemy positions in the fiercest
battle in Afghanistan in nearly a
year.
At least 18 rebels were
killed in the assault. The U.S.
military believes the fighters
are loyal to renegade warlord
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a pow
erful Pashtun strongman who
has vowed to link his forces
with remnants of al-Qaida and
the ousted Taliban regime.
About 80 rebels were
believed to be remaining in the
southeastern cave network,
under attack from 350 troops,
including soldiers from the
82nd Airborne Division, U.S.
Special Forces and allied
Afghan militia.
“It’s the largest concentration
of enemy forces since Operation
Anaconda,” military spokesman
Col. Roger King said, referring
to a very fierce eight-day battle in
March against Taliban and al-
Qaida holdouts in a different area
Tuesday’s fighting near Spinboldak is the latest in a series of attac
on U.S.-led coalition troops in Afghanistan.
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of southeastern Afghanistan,
about 250 miles northeast of the
fighting.
While King said evidence
pointed to Hekmatyar’s military
arm, the Hezb-e-Islami move
ment, he gave no further details,
which a former high-ranking
Taliban member questioned.
Obeidullah, who goes by
only one name, told The
Associated Press that the fight
ing was being led by two ex-
Taliban — Hafiz Abdul Rahim.
the regime’s former chief of!
border security, and Siraju
former district chief of Shir
in western Afghanistan.
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Monday, had ended by Tut
evening, and coalition
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Pentagon spokesman.
The battle marked an
tant shift in the challenges(k
the U.S.-led coalition.
Sharon’s Likud Party wins election
By Dan Perry
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon, who has taken a hard line against the
Palestinian uprising, won a crushing victory in
Israel’s election Tuesday, and TV projections
showed his Likud and other hawkish parties easi
ly winning most seats in parliament.
The prospect of progress on the Palestinian
front now appears to depend on whether Sharon
can form a coalition that will include the opposi
tion Labor party, which campaigned on a pledge to
restart peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
Amram Mitzna, who led Labor to its worst
defeat in history, ruled out joining a Sharon-led
government.
Even without Labor, Sharon is expected to face
difficulties in forming a stable government from
the myriad political and religious factions, espe
cially amid the turmoil of the Palestinian uprising.
Despite unrelenting violence with the
Palestinians and a crippling economic crisis,
Likud won 36 seats in the 120-member parlia
ment — up from 19 seats in the outgoing
Knesset, according to Israel TV’s exit poll. The
bloc of rightist and religious parties that support
Sharon’s tough stance against the Palestinians
won 70 seats overall, the TV said.
Perhaps the big winner was Yosef “Tomi:
Lapid. a pugnacious journalist-turned
who heads the Shinui Party, which has vchetK
ly opposed joining any coalition with reliw
parties. Shinui was projected to emerge as:
third largest with 15 seats. The Yugoslavia
Lapid. 71, called on Mitzna and Sharon lojo
him in a “secular unity government” ex#
religious parties.
Once-dominant Labor, which called ftf
speedy pullout from most of the West Baniai
Gaza, won only 18 seats, compared to2i
outgoing parliament, the TV said — a reStiffl
of Israelis’ anger at the failure of a
peace efforts with the Palestinians w7hcV
party led.
The projections were greeted with dismay
Palestinians. Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat \
they show “Israelis are preparing themselves
more violence and escalation, not for a pe
process.
The vote was Israel’s fourth national election
seven years, and only 68.5 percent of the 4.7
lion-strong electorate cast ballots. The camp
failed to ignite excitement, both because Sharon
victory was considered inevitable and becau i :
Israelis have despaired of a quick fix to the blood
and debilitating conflict.
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