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Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann (March 1, 1969 – November 25, 2001) was an American paramilitary officer in the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division. Spann was the first American killed in combat during the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. He died at the Qala-i-Jangi fortress during an al-Qaeda prisoner uprising.
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Winfield is located in southern Marion County at (33.928258, -87.807990), [6] with a portion extending south into Fayette County U.S. Route 43 passes through the city, leading northwest 6.5 miles (10.5 km) to Guin and south 18 miles (29 km) to Fayette.
According to news release issued Monday by the sheriff's office, just before 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 8, deputies assisted Alabama State Troopers with a single-vehicle crash in Glen Allen in Fayette County.
On the 19th anniversary of the battle, Tyson recounted the story of Spann's death, the battle that lead to it, and how he honored Spann's legacy in a podcast interview: Intelligence Matters. [ 41 ] Toby Harnden 's 2021 non-fiction book "First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11" contains eight out of 22 chapters on the ...
Lindh surrendered on November 24, 2001, to Afghan Northern Alliance forces after his Al Qaeda foreign fighters unit surrendered at Kunduz after retreating from Takar. [12] He and other fighters were to be questioned by the CIA officers Johnny "Mike" Spann and David Tyson at General Dostum's military garrison, Qala-i-Jangi, near Mazār-e Sharīf ...
Nvidia investors are navigating through an un-Nvidia-like start to the year.Shares of the AI chip darling are off by 1% this year, lagging all three major US indexes, which have notched gains. The ...
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) and have a last name that falls between "Smi" and "Sz".