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ISLAMABAD (Online): Around 500 dead bodies of American and British soldiers
killed during military operation in Afghanistan after September 11 blitz
have been lying in a morgue at Shebhaz Airbase in Jacobabad. American and
British authorities because of fear of strong reaction from their masses had
kept the dead bodies of as many as 500 soldiers in a morgue established at
Jacobabad Airbase instead of shifting them to their own countries, credible
sources informed Online here Tuesday. The bodies of these soldiers, who were
killed during last five months in Afghanistan, were brought from Baghram
Airbase and other areas of war-ravaged country, sources disclosed. Sources
said American and British authorities, which were planning to shift these
dead bodies from their own countries, delayed the decision after eruption of
war in Iraq. American and British authorities feared that shifting of dead
bodies at this moment would affect the ongoing campaign of coalition forces
in Iraq, sources pointed out. They maintained that dead bodies would be kept
at Shebhaz Airbase until US and British authorities take the final decision.
Sources revealed that security had tightened in and around the Airbase to
keep this matter secrete. Meanwhile, according to a ARY report as many as 21
American troops were killed in Khost on Tuesday. Reports said that the US
troops engaged in operations in Afghanistan were attacked by locals.

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