Afstan: More surging

American journalists that is (ours seem to have mainly surged out, not enough money or interest from their organizations I guess)--conclusion of a post by Paul Wells of Maclean's magazine:

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One of the most consequential news management calls of 2008-9 was the New York Times’ decision to reassign the paper’s best war correspondents, including C.J. Chivers and Dexter Filkins, from Iraq to the south of Afghanistan. Today the Times website features harrowing video footage shot by Chivers earlier this spring during the battle for Marjah. Marines there meet stiff resistance from insurgents, including a rarity: a skilled marksman, probably using a 70-year-old Lee Enfield bolt-action rifle.

Mr Wells' latest piece on Afstan here.