TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grey,Stephen
TI  - Operation Snakebite
SN  - 9780670918348
AV  - DS 371.4123 .M87 G74 2009
U1  - 958.1047092 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Viking
KW  - Grey, Stephen,
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Journalists
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Afghanistan
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - In December, 2007, Stephen Grey, a Sunday Times reporter, was under fire in Afghanistan, ambushed by the Taliban. He was amidst the biggest UK-led operation, which included Prince Harry, fought on Afghan soil since 9/11: the liberation of a Taliban stronghold called Musa Qala. Taking shelter behind an American armoured Humvee, Grey turned his head to witness scenes of carnage. Two cars were riddled with gunfire. Their occupants, including several children, had died. Taliban positions were pounded by bullets and bombs dropped on their compounds. A day later, as the operation continued, a mine exploded just yards from Grey, killing a British soldier. Who, he wondered in the days that followed, was responsib- le for the bloodshed? And what purpose did it serve?; War & Military; History
ER  -