Operation Snakebite / Stephen Grey.
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TextPublication details: London : Viking, 2009Description: xv, 351 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780670918348Subject(s): Grey, Stephen, 1968- | Afghan War, 2001- | Journalists -- Great Britain | Journalists -- AfghanistanDDC classification: 958.1047092 LOC classification: DS 371.4123 .M87 | G74 2009Summary: 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?Summary: War & Military.Summary: History.
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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.
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