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2012-02-01 Afghanistan

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Posted by Mike Ramsey 2012-02-01 11:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 FTA: Most of the caches [used by insurgents to rapidly assemble and deploy IED's against coalition forces] are believed to be scattered through desert regions beyond the district center, particularly to the east, near the border of Kandahar. From there, components are smuggled piecemeal a jug one day, a pressure switch the next and only later assembled in Sangin proper. If you know how to put one together, Folsom explained, it literally takes minutes, if not seconds. If we catch them in the act, we can drop ordnance on them. But if they get away, well track them out to the east until we eventually lose sight of them. Until recently, the Marines, distributed among their many fixed positions, lacked the manpower to go after these caches and disrupt insurgents infiltrating from the east.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-02-01 12:09|| 2012-02-01 12:09|| Front Page Top

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