http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:34:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog On the Line: Embedded journalism from Iraq and Afghanistan with Mike and Carlos Boettcher no Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/category/apache/ http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/2009/07/02/marines-make-push-in-southern-afghanistan/ http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/2009/07/02/marines-make-push-in-southern-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:20:02 +0000 carlos boettcher http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/?p=470 The sound of gunfire and explosions fill the air, summer has come, and once more war has come to Helmand Province. In one of the largest military o....

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