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Afghans give US soldiers a run for their money
The battalion commander pondered the question: How much is a tree worth? Warrior one day, haggler the next. Lt. Col. Burton Shields was talking to an Afghan farmer who said the Americans had damaged five trees on his property in an operation against the Taliban near the town of Marjah, where NATO forces are fighting insurgent holdouts.Posted by: ed 2010-02-26 |
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