Big Picture: Afghanistan, April 2011 - Democratic Underground

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Big Picture: Afghanistan, April 2011

A Marine carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Marine Staff Sgt. Jason A. Rogers of Jackson, Miss., upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on April 9

U.S. soldiers from the 234th Infantry Division in Fort Riley, Kansas travel to Afghanistan April 15

US Marine TJ Ruyle walks through an opium poppy field at Maranjan village in Helmand province on April 25 as he patrols with his team and the Afghanistan National Police. Nearly a decade into the war in Afghanistan, opium poppies are still the major crop for many farmers and a big source of income for the Taliban.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/afghanistan_april_2011.html

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