51. An Egyptian defense ministry statement said the war games aim to exchange expertise and improve cooperation between the coalition forces. 52. And an Australian commando lost two toes after stepping on a mine while on patrol with U.S.-led coalition forces north of Kandahar. 53. And coalition forces have begun to train an Afghan national army, police and border patrols. 54. An senior commander with the West African defense force known as ECOMOG said the coalition force had driven the rebels back from their positions in the hills. 55. And coalition forces have struck back four times since mid-May, he said. 56. Another press report said the victims were wedding guests whose celebratory gunshots into the air were misinterpreted by coalition forces as an attack. 57. Arroyo strongly supports the U.S.-led coalition and has offered Philippine ports as staging areas or transit points for coalition forces. 58. As they do this work, coalition forces continue to be attacked by enemy fighters. 59. APTV has pictures from a Stealth airbase in Kuwait, where coalition forces are still training in the event that Saddam Hussein fails to comply with the new agreement. 60. At the same time, U.S. special forces have been training the nascent Afghan national army to be able to maintain stability when coalition forces eventually leave. |