2003 Lejay firefight

Afghanistan gunfight 33.15 65.133 title thumb|250px|Lejay is located in the Baghran valley, in Helmand Province. A skirmish occurred on the morning of February 10, 2003 outside Lejay, a small village in the northern, mountainous part of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The village is in the Baghran valley, and one of the few highways in Afghanistan passes through it. American intelligence analysts assert that the village is the focus of the opium trade. Vehicles approaching the village report being fired on. In response American forces mobilized hundreds of troops to comb the country surrounding the village in Operation Eagle Fury. The Operation mobilized dozens of coalition warplanes. Differing accounts of the skirmish Colonel Roger King, a Department of Defense spokesman in Bagram offered daily briefings on the initial skirmish, and the on Eagle Fury. In 2004 the Summary of Evidence memos prepared for the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of the captives apprehended following the initial shooting incident offered a different account. Colonel King's 2003 account According to Colonel King: An ambush occurred around dawn on February 10, 2003.https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/world/threats-and-responses-combat-ambushed-in-afghanistan-gi-s-call-in-airstrikes.html Ambushed In Afghanistan, G.I.'s Call In Airstrikes The New York Times Carlotta Gall Carlotta Gall February 12, 2003 2008-04-30https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/international/asia/12CND-BATT.html?ex=1174276800&en=c646fb73b9c359d2&ei=5070 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120145/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/international/asia/12CND-BATT.html?ex=1174276800&en=c646fb73b9c359d2&ei=5070 dead March 4, 2016 Afghans Report 17 Civilian Deaths in U.S.-Led Bombing February 12, 2003 2007-03-16 The New York Times Carlotta GallFebruary 12, 2003 Sydney Morning Herald https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/11/1044927601223.html Coalition warplanes bomb Afghan caves after ambush 2007-03-17http://www.intellnet.org/news/2003/02/13/16751-1.html Reuters Afghans Say More Civilians Die in U.S.-Led Raids February 13, 2003 Mirwais Afghan 2007-02-16https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/26/world/aftereffects-peacekeeping-in-afghanistan-violence-stalls-renewal-effort.html?pagewanted=all In Afghanistan, Violence Stalls Renewal Effort The New York Times Carlotta Gall Carlotta Gall April 26, 2003 2008-04-30 American forces saw five shooters, who retreated into nearby caves, when the forces on the ground called in air support. The Summary of Evidence memos prepared for the villagers who were sent to Guantanamo, on the other hand: Said that the American vehicles were fired on at around 10:30 am. That American forces saw the shooters escape in a white car. That the American forces were not on a routine patrol, that they had set out to capture warlord Raes Abdul Wahed, described as the Taliban District Commander. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000700-000783.pdf#1 Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Mohammed, Alif United States Department of Defense OARDEC OARDEC November 4, 2004 2007-10-05 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20071204201301/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000700-000783.pdf#1 2007-12-04 dead References Category:2003 in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) involving the United States Category:February 2003 in Afghanistan Category:21st century in Helmand Province Category:Ambushes in Afghanistan Category:2003 mass shootings in Asia Category:Mass shootings in Afghanistan Category:Shootouts Category:Opium in Afghanistan Category:2003 road incidents Category:2000s road incidents in Asia Category:Road incidents in Afghanistan Category:Attacks in Afghanistan in 2003 Category:Organized crime in Afghanistan