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...House life. “The house itself, the Masters’ residence, was magical, with secret doors and a dozen fireplaces and a library perfectly suited for a good British mystery murder,” he says. “Christmas time, with the surrounding courtyards filled with snow and the enormous staircase decorated with holly, was wonderful and is a cherished memory...
...other thing about the Taliban and al-Qaeda warriors at Shah-i-Kot: they fought to the death. That may be because the Arabs, Chechens and Uzbeks among them have nowhere to go, save Guantanamo Bay. But their ferocity may have another cause. In the caves on the snow-covered ridges may hide some top al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders, including, possibly, one of the big three, Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and Ayman al-Zawahiri. "There's no question that these people didn't just happen to all meet there," says Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "There's clearly leadership...
...valley. Gunships raked al-Qaeda positions, killing hundreds. "You could hear the AC-130 bombers circling above in the clouds, then this slow thud, thud, thud," said Marine Captain Jeff Pool. "Then these great showers of dust would rise up from the valley floor." By the weekend, snow and freezing rain returned, and American commanders had to decide whether to risk more casualties by going after those fighters?maybe 200 of them?still in the caves...
...pine trees at Dara, a village near Gardez, Special Forces and Afghan allies hunker down on a frontline. Al-Qaeda?s forward positions lie across a few hundred feet of rocky ground, in the first of the mountains of Shah-I-Kot. The sky is filled with light snow and the drone of U.S. strike aircraft pounding the white capped peaks above. Occasionally, the jagged walls of rock rumble with explosions, and belch plumes of black smoke. Within hours the ground attack will recommence. Led by U.S. soldiers, these bedraggled Afghan fighting men in dirty shalwar kameez, vests, sandals, camouflage...
...Franks' spear is lodged in Paktia province, where lots of sand and snow as well as rain storms and fog are making air support impossible. There are also plenty of what Franks calls "bad guys" who have nothing left to lose. Eight U.S. soldiers have been killed this past week in vicious firefights, some 70 others wounded; America has been reminded that war, besides being hell, is war, and when you put boots on the ground some of them are not going to walk away...