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NEWS ABOUT: Wanat

Wanat stories: 3 news summaries
NEW REPORT

 Guns Failed 
 US Troops in 
 Afghan Firefight 

M-4, built for extreme conditions, jammed repeatedly in heavy fire

Oct 11, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(AP) - As militants surrounded the remote Afghanistan base of Wanat on July 13, 2008, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M-4 carbine quit firing. The machine gun he grabbed in desperation didn't work, either. When the battle ended, nine US soldiers lay dead and 27 more were wounded. A detailed study of the... More »

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US troops • weapons • automatic weapons • Afghanistan war • Wanat

 In Wanat, US Learns Value, 
 Pain of Retreat 

In Waygal Valley, leaving has helped the cause.

Oct 6, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Days after the bloody battle that has come to be called the "Black Hawk Down" of Afghanistan, US troops left the the isolated Afghan village of Wanat. Fourteen months later, they haven’t returned, giving the Taliban free reign in the Waygal Valley—but the retreat is starting to... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • troop withdrawal • Wanat • Korengal Valley

  Disastrous 2008 Battle Sways 
 Afghanistan 
 Strategy 

Report details heroism, costly errors in firefight that left 9 dead

Oct 3, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A battle 18 months ago that has come be called the "Black Hawk Down" of Afghanistan, with nine Americans soldiers killed and 27 wounded, is drawing new scrutiny in Washington as a snapshot of what has gone wrong in the war effort there. A company of paratroopers, who had... More »

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Afghanistan • Stanley McChrystal • Wanat • Black Hawk Down

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