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COMMENTS: Stuck in the Mud
NBC followed up its Iraq lead with Richard Engel's update on preparations by the USArmy's Tenth Mountain Division in the frigid, frostbite-prone highlands south of Kabul. The troops were setting up "a series of small, primitive outposts" in preparation for an expected spring battle with Taliban guerrillas along the Kabul-Kandahar highway. They are so ill-equipped for local conditions that a supply convoy took seven hours to travel 15 miles. "These roads simply were not built for these heavy American vehicles," Engel pointed out, showing axles waist deep in mud. The MRAP vehicles were too heavily armored, "designed to survive bombs in Iraq not navigate narrow trails in Afghanistan."
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