Stardate 20011020.1558 (On Screen): More about yesterday's ground action is coming out. Two targets were assaulted, an airfield and a Taliban command post. There were three purposes to these raids. First, to establish the political and propaganda point that we actually do have the ability to operate on the ground there. Second, to try to capture documents and other information. Third, to destroy those installations afterwards. (If destruction was all that was required, they would have bombed them.) It appears all three were accomplished, and the men were extracted afterwards, so the operation was a success. The Pentagon is not revealing the extent to which they suffered casualties. The Taliban
are claiming that they drove the attack off. That's horseshit, typical Taliban false bravado. The Rangers left because there was no longer any reason to stay.
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