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25 July 2003:
656 days have passed since America launched its latest Crusade against Islam and its people.
A number of Muslim prisoners were captured in this Crusade and taken to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where their beards were forcibly shaved and they are being held in cages subject to Malaria, heatstroke and other tropical diseases.
New Afghan Army Launches First Major Operation
KABUL (AZZAM):
On Wednesday, US military spokesman, Colonel Rodney Davis, informed reporters that the new Afghan army, backed by US forces, had launched its first major anti-Taliban combat mission.
"Two days ago, six Afghan National Army (ANA) companies numbering about 1,000 soldiers departed for the Zermat valley region in the southern Paktia province," The Colonel told the press.
He said, "Operation Warrior Sweep marks the ANA's first major combat operation and Operation Warrior Sweep is ongoing."
The ANA's mission is to kill, capture and deny sanctuary to anti-coalition fighters and to disrupt anti-coalition activity in the Zermat valley region in support of the Islamic transitional government of Afghanistan.
The ANA currently numbers around 5000 troops but will eventually boast around 70,000 combat ready personnel.
They are a trained, disciplined fighting force capable of conducting both combat and civil military affairs operations in conjunction with coalition forces," the Colonel said.
Afghan infantry troops were backed by US-led forces, but the US military official would not disclose further details of the ongoing operation or whether any fighting had occurred.
'Worst Sandstorms in Living Memory' Hits Western Afghanistan
KABUL (AZZAM):
These sandstorms have buried villages and filled canals in several places in Western Afghanistan, a United Nations spokesman said on Thursday.
Manoel de Almeida e Silva told reporters that the storms which started on June 5 and expected to last until the end of August, have affected around 12,300 people living in 57 villages in Lash Wa Juwaym and Shib Koh districts of Farah province near the Iranian border.
He said that the people in the area have described the storms as being the "worst sandstorms in living memory".
The storms have buried whole villages, leaving hundreds of people homeless, and destroyed crops and contaminated water supplies.