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ADVISORY-Witness story on Afghan night mission
12 Nov 2009 18:19:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
Deborah Gembara has worked for Reuters as a reporter/producer since 2000 and recently returned to Washington from a six-week reporting stint in Afghanistan. In the following story, headlined "WITNESS-Afghan night mission ends in bullets," she recounts a night mission last month with soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment in Babo Kheyl, eastern Afghanistan.
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