Photo: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sarah Burrill carries unexploded ordnance to load onto a joint explosive ordnance rapid response vehicle in Afghanistan on Feb. 2, 2008. Burrill is a member of the explosive ordnance disposal team that is removing and destroying unexploded ordnance gathered by the Kohistan II Afghan National Police. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. James Law, U.S. Air Force. (Released)From Yahoo News/AP:
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul have begun operations in the field and already are seeing combat, the unit's spokesman said Monday.
The new troops are the first wave of an expected surge of reinforcements this year. The process began to take shape under President George Bush but has been given impetus by President Barack Obama's call for an increased focus on Afghanistan.
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My Comment: More soldiers for the meat grinder. 3,000 soldiers for two provinces .... this is a spit in the bucket for waht is necessary.
