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>> THE PENTAGON SAYS AL LIBI WAS
TAKEN TO A U.S. NAVY WARSHIP AND
IS BEING QUESTIONED BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT'S HIGH VALUE
INTERROGATION GROUP.
>>> IT WAS CALLED OPERATION
ENDURING FREEDOM AND THEY
WEREN'T KIDDING ABOUT THE
ENDURING PART.
12 YEARS AGO TODAY, U.S. TROOPS
INVADED AFGHANISTAN TO DISMANTLE
AL QAEDA AND HUNT DOWN OSAMA BIN
LADEN AFTER THE ATTACKS OF 9/11.
2,275 U.S. TROOPS HAVE BEEN
KILLED AS PART OF ENDURING
FREEDOM AND 19,334 HAVE BEEN
WOUNDED IN ACTION, A NUMBER THAT
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DEEP
SCARLESS WOUNDS OF PTSD,
DEPRESSION AND OTHER
PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ANOTHER
BLOODY YEAR FOR U.S. TROOPS
THERE, BY CNN'S COUNT THERE HAVE
BEEN 137 U.S. AND COALITION
CASUALTIES IN AFGHANISTAN IN
2013.
THAT'S MORE THAN IN THE FIRST
TWO FULL CALENDAR YEARS OF THE
WAR.
ABOUT 54,000 TROOPS REMAIN IN
AFGHANISTAN.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS
SAID ALL AMERICAN COMBAT FORCES