Combat Camera Video: US Marines Occupy Khan Nechion Castle in Helmand

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Dispatches from the Front:

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2009 -- Embedded above is a b-roll video of U.S. Marines and the Afghan national army occupying the Khan Nechion castle in south Helmand Province. Scenes include a firefight between Marine and Afghan army soldiers against insurgents, various views of the castle, a Marine Corps bulldozer that hit an improvised explosive device (IED) and interviews with Marines discussing entering the Khan Nechion castle and surviving a IED explosion. (Courtesy Video, International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs. Length: 00:05:23.)

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