U.S. Army Sgt. Kenneth W. Westbrook, of Colorado Springs, Colo., fires at insurgents who trapped Afghan security forces and U.S. military trainers in a massive ambush Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, as they were approaching the village of Ganjgal. A Navy corpsman and three U.S. marines died in the battle, as did eight Afghan soldiers and police and an Afghan interpreter. Westbrook was badly wounded in the neck shortly after this photograph was taken. His rifle would be passed to reporter Jonathan S. Landay. (Jonathan S. Landay / MCT)Deadly Afghan Ambush Shows Perils Of Ill-Supplied Deployment -- McClatchy News
GANJGAL, Afghanistan — Manning a machine gun on a ridge overlooking this remote Afghan village, U.S. Marine Cpl. Steven Norman tried desperately to lay down covering fire for some 90 Afghan security forces and U.S. military trainers who were trapped in an ambush in the valley below.
Each time he'd raise his head to let loose a burst, however, the insurgents in the encircling mountains and the fortress-like hamlet itself would drive Norman down, drenching his position with cascades of machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire.
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AFGHANISTAN'S ELECTION
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COMMENTARIES, ANALYSIS, AND EDITORIALS
Questions and answers about the war in Afghanistan -- AP
Afghanistan's parallels to Vietnam -- Joel Brinkley, San Francisco Chronicle
The Way Out of Afghanistan -- Newsweek
The Afghan Illusion -- Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and James M. Dubik, Washington Post opinion.
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