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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By C.J. Chivers / The Bulletin
April 13, 2009
DANGALEEK, Afghanistan — 1st Lt. C. Carter Cheek stood in the Afghan rain. His patrol had climbed a road leading to the Taliban-dominated village of Wanat, the location of the bloodiest battle for American forces in Afghanistan since 2005.
Enemy spotters looked down from higher ridges,....