June
Sunday June 1: U.S. troops kill a suspected enemy fighter near Lwara.
Tuesday, June 18: An unidentified group launched rockets within Kabul, and several rockets landed in the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy.
- U.S. Special forces soldiers kill two gunman who attacked them in Tarin Kowt. Elsewhere, soldiers call in close air support after coming under attack near Skhin.
Monday, June 24: U.S. forces fire mortars and call in close air support after coming under rocket fire near Jalalabad.
Sunday, June 30: Two RPGs are fired at the U.S. airbase near Kandahar.
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Famous quotes containing the word june:
“In June the bush we call
alder was heavy, listless,
its leaves studded with galls,
growing wherever we didn’t
want it.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers,
Of April, May, of June and July-flowers;
I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides and of their bridal cakes;
I write of youth, of love, and have access
By these to sing of cleanly wantonness;”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“Ask me no more where Jove bestows,
When June is past, the fading rose;
For in your beauty’s orient deep
These flowers, as in their causes, sleep.
Ask me no more whither do stray
The golden atoms of the day;
For in pure love heaven did prepare
Those powders to enrich your hair.”
—Thomas Carew (1589–1639)