20km a Year - Afghanistan

Guardian Films - Sean Smith's brutal, uncompromising film from the Helmand frontline shows the horrific chaos of a stalemate that is taking its toll in blood.

For more info: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/jul/29/afghanistan-war-us-military

The images make your hair stand on end. It's intense, and the soldiers' fear is palpable. A Helicopter-borne team descend through a fire fight. A bullet has torn through a soldier's face and punctured his lung. "He was able to turn and have the meat, kind of away from his airway, so he was able to breathe." Back at base the Helicopter is cleaned of blood, ready for it's next hair raising mission. "We don't know if it's your position or not but there is a possible imminent attack", a soldier shouts in panic back into his radio, but before he has an answer bullets start coming from all directions. "Ah Fuck, Oh shit fuck. Which way are we going?" Amid the confusion a Marine is shot in the back. But it's not the bullets that kill these men. It's the IEDs. In the space of two weeks, 3 men from this company have died from the deadly devices. In recent weeks they've multiplied by 80%. So much so, that the entire region of Helmand is now considered a low-density minefield.

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Distributed by Journeyman Pictures.

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[charlieyousuck]

@Ayelyah It's not propoganda...at least not to me. I've been there and seen it, dude. Unlike you who has only seen it on TV and YouTube. You are the one that is deluded and fallen into a propoganda trap. Until you have walked a mile in the shoes of a serviceman, your opinion and "facts" mean absolutely nothing to me.

[DomoProductions4Real]

look at all the faggots int he comments section below me. Stop arguing when you just go on wikipedia and copy and paste what they say

[Bollalillo]

btw a friend of mine died down there from a bomb they drove over. makes me feel bad that lifes ends so suddenly in a crazy fashion like that

[Bollalillo]

pull the troops out and let them fight themselfs, its so fucking silly to send our army's down there. it makes the situasion much much worse. i know they'r trying to help. but in 10 year there probably wont be anymore middle east country left. Rather start a misson to get women and children out and innocent men. let them get some of africa, its a big continent with alot of unoccupied space. And let the africans be a part of that culture.

[Forumrum123]

RESPECT!!!!!! Iam from Czech Republic and I love USA marines and Czech Army= NATO :-)

[bperaldrums]

Pull the troops out and nuke the whole fucking country!

[LailaPhungcn450]

also ich hab was unanständiges entdeckt

[cumminsandcopenhagen]

@charlieyousuck....your right its not propoganda...and no one will ever know unless they've been in out shoes.

[velepytel]

children in Europe can play with mp3, children in America with mp4 and children in Afghanistan with the PM5

[Kabakov]

You are heroes

[beowolf766]

did that guy yell that he got shot in the dick