A boy, a soldier – and a near catastrophe – Correspondent

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Correspondent

via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/a-boy-a-soldier-and-a-near-catastrophe

The story is known territory, one that’s been covered thousands of times. But this time it is different and disconcerting, even for someone who has been on it for so many years.