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I'm still aboard the ship, but have a little bit more of an idea of what's expected: Our squadron (and the others I believe) have broken ourselves into 5-man working teams -- about the number of people they can squeeze onto a helicopter. We have put together about 30 of these teams from our squadron, and I'm the team leader for #9. Assuming we keep up the pace of getting a team ashore every other day, I'll be on deck in about a week. From the guys who have made it ashore, most of the work is non-stop unloading supplies...

Guys, I apologize in advance for the lengthy e-mail, but I have just gotten back from Neil's funeral. There were over 1,000 people in attendance and needless to say, it was moving. I had the opportunity to speak with several individuals, both in the Teams and in the Agency, who were in country at the time of Neil's death and who had also viewed the Predator video as well as another video. The following is merely a sanitized compilation of the conversations I had and tid-bits from Fitz's eulogy. The usual disclaimers apply and there is some stuff I need...

Tale of an American Taliban In an exclusive, a U.S. citizen on the horror at Kala Jangi By Colin Soloway NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE Dec. 1 — Abdul Hamid is tall, thin and barefoot in a filthy black tunic. A prisoner of the Northern Alliance, he sits with his elbows bound behind his back with a strip of cloth, his right leg and left foot bandaged for gunshot wounds. Hamid’s face is almost entirely covered in dirt and black soot, but it is quickly apparent that he is not just another beaten and frightened Taliban warrior. Abdul Hamid, age 20, ...