Air Force Senior Airman Clayton Davis (L) from Fort Hood, Texas and
United States 10th Mountain Major Brad Herndon from Fort Drum, New York
look through a book found at an al Qaeda or Taliban encampment that was
hit by U.S. fire, March 16, 2002 on the mountain top known as the
"Whale" in the Shahikot valley region of eastern Afghanistan. The book
contained hand written notes in the Chechen language. The encampment
was hit during Operation Anaconda as coalition troops pursue al Qaeda
and Taliban in Afghanistan. REUTERS/POOL/Joe Raedle

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