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05-09-2008
A US Marine from C company 1/6 24 MEU sits beside a machine gun...
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A US Marine from C company 1/6 24 MEU sits beside a machine gun at a base in Garmser in the southern province of Helmand on May 8, 2008. Helmand, the main source of Afghanistan's opium output, is in the grip of a Taliban-insurgency launched ...