U.S. TROOPS BATTLING REMNANTS OF THE AL QAEDA NETWORK IN SOUTHEAST AFG...

World | March 22, 2002, Friday // 00:00

U.S. troops battling remnants of the al Qaeda network in southeast Afghanistan uncovered a biological weapons laboratory during recent mountain operations, a British government source said on Friday, quoted by Reuters. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the discovery was a major factor behind Britain's sudden decision this week to agree to send up to 1,700 elite mountain troops to reinforce the U.S.-led coalition waging the "war on terror."

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