Taliban Snipers Starting To Plague Coalition Troops In Afghanistan

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U.S. Marines depart a checkpoint and patrol back to Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Afghanistan, May 30, 2010. The Marines are assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga

Sniper In Afghan Town Puts Marines On Edge -- Wall Street Journal

SANGIN, Afghanistan—Somewhere in this dusty town, concealed among the cornfields, irrigation canals and mud-walled compounds, is a man the Marines particularly want to kill.

They don't know what he looks like. But they know he is a very good shot with a long rifle, and, every day he remains alive, he is drawing Marine blood.

In the seven days since the men of Lima Company, Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment arrived in town, the Sangin sniper has persecuted them with methodical, well-aimed shots, fired one at a time. His toll so far: two men killed—one American and one British—and one man wounded.

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My Comment: A good sniper has the potential to kill and wound scores of our soldiers .... this is someone that has to be stopped.