 DAVID MARCK/US ARMY/AP U.S. soldiers scan the ridgeline for enemy forces during Operation Anaconda, March 4, 2002  CNN Video: Soldiers Describe the Fighting |
 Air strikes take a back seat as allied ground forces advance. The intensity of the fighting leads allied commanders to revise predictions of a quick victory. But U.S. Major Bryan Hilferty declares, "It'll go as long as the Taliban don't surrender, or until they're all dead."  U.S. FORCES: Nightstalkers, Special Forces, 10th Mountain Division and 101st Airborne KEY WEAPONS: Ground combat |
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