Lt. Col. Rob Campbell

Information Ops in Afghanistan: Call Haji Shir Mohamad ASAP!

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- When trouble breaks out in the nearby village of Kowti Keyhl, as it does often, 2nd Lt. Joseph Cardosi's phone tree goes into action. Even as a firefight is blazing in the night or a truck burns from a roadside bomb, Cardosi dials up the cellphone of Haji Shir Mohamad and gives him the scoop: here's where the Taliban detonated an IED; the Afghan army and police have suspects cornered; we'll let you know as soon as it's safe outside. Meanwhile, tell people to stay away from the bazaar road north of the gas station. ...

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