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In 2008 Afghanistan firefight, US weapons failed

• AP
It was chaos during the early morning assault last year on a remote U.S. outpost in Afghanistan and Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 carbine had quit firing as militant forces surrounded the base. The machine gun he grabbed after tossing the rifle aside didn't work either.

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Comment by Lucky Red
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 Chaos in Afghanistan?  Surely you're mistakne, the US is in control there.



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