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...recent days, a U.S.-led offensive has flushed Hannan and his fighters from their hideout in the mountains of north Kandahar. According to reports of the battle, which involved coalition special-ops troops, as many as 30 Taliban fighters have been killed out of an estimated force of 165. Turner and his company are assigned to wait for the Taliban when they spill out of the ravines. It's a tall order: there are a dozen draws leading out of the mountain labyrinth, and Turner has no way of knowing which escape route Hannan and his men might choose...
After spreading out his company, Turner receives new orders from headquarters. Two Chinook helicopters are due to ferry 50 of his troops up to a mountain ridge to keep the fleeing Taliban from outflanking the coalition special forces, who have set up an ambush for their prey in a deep canyon. But the Afghan commander, angry that a medevac chopper is late to arrive for his two soldiers who were injured when the pickup overturned, refuses to let his men join the mission. "Look at these Afghans. Why the hell should we be fighting their war?" says a U.S. sergeant...
After a night in the cold, Delta Company is still stuck on the mountain. Word comes by radio that no choppers are flying over southern Afghanistan because a Chinook has gone down elsewhere. The soldiers are stranded for at least another day. A bearlike Afghan guide named Siddiq is asked if he thinks the Taliban are gone. "They'll come back for their dead," he says. Several hours later, a soldier spies an insurgent observing the U.S. position from a ridge about 1,500 yds. away. A gunner opens up with a Mark-19, which fires grenades that tattoo...
...report of a broken window caused by a brick. The officer arrived and a report was filed. 12:55 p.m.—An officer was dispatched to the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Building 3 to take a report of a stolen blue and silver Schwinn mountain bicycle valued at $140. 1:41 p.m.—An officer was dispatched to HSPH Building 3 to take a report of a stolen yellow and red Ironman mountain bicycle valued at $40. Sept. 26: 4:56 p.m.—An officer was dispatched to take a report...
...minutes in the second half. After Lehigh fell behind 17-14, Borda engineered a 77-yard touchdown drive and picked apart the Crimson’s defensive backfield with a string of pass completions and screen plays to the sideline. A 34-yard pass to Kevin Zebluim put the Mountain Hawks on the Harvard one-yard line, and running back Eric Rush plowed in for a touchdown that gave Lehigh the lead for good. Borda finished 25-of-39 with 347 yards passing, two passing touchdowns and a pair of rushing touchdowns...