Marines hunt elusive foe in Helmand
Al Jazeera follows troops on a village “clearing” operation in southern Afghanistan.
Published On 22 Dec 2009
The marines of Golf Company in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province are on a dangerous mission.
In the two months the Second Battalion has been deployed, over 10 per cent of its 180-man unit has been injured in roadside bomb attacks.
Al Jazeera’s Clayton Swisher follows a patrol on a village “clearing” operation aiming to locate bomb-making materials.