Скачать или смотреть Marines fire againts credible threat in desert

(6 Dec 2001)

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1. Wide shot of Camp Rhino
2. Close up of bullet ridden watch tower
3. Soldiers in sandbagged check post
4. Soldier on jeep
5. Close up of soldier in check post
6. Wide shot of airstrip with Helicopters
7. Close up of Helicopter preparing for lift off
8. US ground staff
9. Helicopter taking off
10. Wide shot of US troops in desert camp
11. Various of soldier digging hole
12. Soldier with Machine gun
13. Soldiers in Camp Rhino
14. Various of soldiers checking weapons
15. Close up of hand written sign with "Commander Task Force 58" on it
16. Various of female soldiers eating food
17. Various of soldiers cleaning equipment
18. Various of sunset over camp
19. Various night time shots of Camp Rhino

STORYLINE:

U.S. Marines at a base in southern Afghanistan fired mortars to repel what a spokesman said was "almost certainly" an attempt by Taliban forces to scout-out their defenses.

Flares lit up the flat, dusty desert around Camp Rhino as high-explosive shells exploded in the distance.

"We're almost positive it is enemy probing" said Capt. Stewart Upton, a Marine Corps spokesman. He said it was clear that whoever was moving outside the perimeter had "hostile intent."

Journalists in the camp, who were issued military flak jackets and helmets, could see no incoming fire. However, they heard shouting outside the camp and the sound of gunfire. Helicopters made sweeps overhead in the clear night sky.

The base went on high alert on Thursday night because of what another spokesman, Capt. David T. Romley, called a "credible threat."

He said armoured reconnaissance vehicles were sent into the desert to try to identify the intruders and direct mortar fire.

Defense Department rules governing the journalists' presence in the camp forbid reporting on exact operational measures being taken.

Since the Marines seized this desert airstrip on 25 November, their only combat operation came on their second day, when Cobra helicopter gun ships from the base helped warplanes from elsewhere attack a suspected hostile convoy that passed nearby.

But the Marines said Wednesday that they were moving into position around the Taliban's last stronghold, Kandahar, to make sure the Taliban don't escape or bring in reinforcements.

Marines from Base Rhino were called into action on Wednesday after an errant U.S. bomb killed three U.S. servicemen and five anti-Taliban Afghan fighters, and wounded 19 Americans and around 20 Afghans.

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