The video above is part of a series from Michael Yon while embedded with the US Marines in Anbar Province. SSGT Rakene Lee, USMC is clearing a culvert under a road in which an IED was reportedly planted. This is part of his series entitled ‘Ghosts of Anbar’. Read more and see the rest of the videos and photos at Michael Yon Online Magazine.
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