- Al-Qaeda Stronghold under siege
BBC News report on the March 2002 Operation Anaconda, an offensive into the mountains and caves of eastern Afghanistan.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1856000/1856148.stm
- Washington Post: Bravery and Breakdowns in a Ridgetop Battle
Reports on the ambush at Takur Ghar and the resulting battle and rescue.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A1951-20...
- Washington Post: Killed in Battle
Profiles the seven soldiers who died in the ambush and rescues efforts at Takur Ghar.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/shoulders/killedinbattle.htm
- Report from front of Operation Anaconda
March 2002 article from CNN on the casualties suffered and the resistance met during the first days of the offensive.
www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/03/05/ret.anaconda.savidge.otsc/inde...
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