It was pitch black. All there was were the stars. We were adjacent to the Green Zone, a rural area about four kilometres wide that follows Helmand River and is just next to the desert north of Sangin.
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First-hand terror of Taliban ambush
It was pitch black. All there was were the stars. We were adjacent to the Green Zone, a rural area about four kilometres wide that follows Helmand River and is just next to the desert north of Sangin. This was my first day on operation with 50 men from Yankee Company 45 Commando Royal Marines.
