The Battle for Marjah Page #2

Synopsis: On February 13, 2010, American-led coalition forces launched the biggest military operation since the beginning of the Afghanistan War. Their target was the town of Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. There, the Marines had four tasks: remove the Taliban, hold all ground seized, build infrastructure and governance, and transfer control to Afghan security forces. In this powerful account, award-winning journalist Ben Anderson tells the story of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, and its commanding officer, Captain Ryan Sparks. At the battle's outset, Sparks and the 272 men of Bravo are flown 12 miles and dropped into the center of Marjah, where the Taliban lie in wait. For the young Marines, their first task begins. Embedded with Bravo Company, Anderson provides an intimate and sobering look at the realities of counterinsurgency warfare.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Anthony Wonke
Production: HBO Documentary Films
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Year:
2010
88 min
10 Views


at the end,

he was dropping guys off

and they ran in there.

That's where they're flooded.

There's at least 10 to 12.

Get a f***ing shot off!

The next one you f***ing see!

Do you hear me?

Son of a b*tch.

Wow, it's getting close to us.

Why not call in air now?

They may be trying to,

but they're just worried

about collateral damage

and affecting the people,

which you don't want to take out

innocent people,

but, you know,

what's more important...

your Marines

or the guys shooting at you?

What do you think the Taliban fighters

are doing now?

Probably low on ammo.

Kick that leg across.

Swing it!

Yeah, I'm worried about you

getting an infection

in that f***ing sore, dude.

Keep it out of the water.

Jump over there.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Push him.

Help him get up here.

Crawl to the top, hold fast.

Hurry up!

Altogether, I've seen about 40.

Using really good tactics.

They've been f***ing hiding

AK-47s in one spot

then moving them to another.

And when they finish that spot,

they run to another spot

that's actually a good,

good hidden place,

have the AK-47 there,

and they shoot off the ground,

and they move again,

do the same thing over again.

It's not just one guy spraying

like we're used to.

These guys actually know

what they're doing.

Hey, there's women and children

in the building!

Women and children in the building!

Weapons tight.

We're going in. Let's go.

We need a f***ing ax or something.

- You got 'em.

- A shovel.

Let's get it.

Let's get holes in these walls.

Roger. We're taking contact

from Building 30. Break.

Hey, what did they f***ing hit?

There's just trees blocking it.

That building out there, there's

sporadic fire coming from.

We've got f***ing good eyes

on this cocksucker right here.

I don't like being here.

- Huh?

- I don't like being here.

- In this house?

- Not really.

Why?

It's too f***ing small, close to

a f***ing attack position,

perfect range for rockets and mortars,

easy f***ing distance to judge.

So it would be pretty easy to bracket.

I'm sure we won't stay here long.

That's where

they're f***ing dipping from.

He was in there shooting potshots

from that crack right there.

Piece of sh*t!

Over, baby.

All right, fall back in real quick.

All right, we're right here.

First, he's gonna f***ing fire

a jab into Building 20.

All right.

That door, I ain't all about

going through it,

because they can f***ing

probably run back and forth.

Not kosher.

So, clear 20 and 21.

And f***ing fire another damn b*tch

into the f***ing Building 19.

Because if they have a f***ing

machine gun right here,

they just killed

the f***ing entire platoon.

God damn.

Damn it!

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