US military suffers 1,000th death of Afghanistan war, according to AP tally
(28 May 2010) White House Pool FILE: Dover Air Force Base, Delaware - 29 October 2009 1. Tilt up of US President Barack Obama saluting 2. Various of Obama saluting as coffin is carried by AP Television Steilacoom, Washington - 20 May 2010 3. Paul and Mary Bradshaw walk into room of their son Brian Bradshaw, who was killed by an IED explosion while serving in Afghanistan 4. UPSOUND: (English) Paul Bradshaw, Father of US soldier killed in Afghanistan: "This is Brian's room and it's just about the way he left it last time he was here, was his room growing up and through college." 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mary Bradshaw, Mother of of US soldier killed in Afghanistan: "When you walk in, it still smells like Brian and I have to remind myself that he's really gone, that he'll never be coming back. And I know that some day we'll take down this stuff." Paul: "We're not ready to yet." 6. Close-up Paul and Mary Bradshaw holding each other's hands 7. Close-up Brian Bradshaw's military caps 8. Photo of Brian Bradshaw 9. Pan from sign of Brian Bradshaw's name to his desk 10. Wide shot Paul and Mary Bradshaw looking over photo album 11. Photo of Brian Bradshaw 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mary Bradshaw, Mother of US soldier killed in Afghanistan: "It seem like such a waste." 13. SOUNDBITE(English), Paul Bradshaw, Father of US soldier killed in Afghanistan: "It sure seems to be that to us that it's hard to understand and justify: one, why it's going on and two, why it's going on so long." 14. Still photo of Brian Bradshaw in Afghanistan with Afghan children AP Television FILE: Helmand Province, Afghanistan - 6 July, 2009 15. Close-up US troops on patrol AP Television FILE: Marjah, Afghanistan - 9 February 2010 16. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brigadier General Larry Nicholson addressing US and Afghan troops: "Now there's some neighbourhoods we're going to go into where you better button your chin strap because you're going to have a long day. But there's only one place we won't go and that's a place called Marjah, and we're about to take care of that." AP Television Arlington, Virginia - 19 May 2010 17. Wide shot Arturo Munoz, Afghan insurgency expert 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Arturo Munoz, Afghan Insurgency Expert at the RAND Corporation: "We are making a special effort to step up operations against the Taliban during a certain time frame; now that presupposes as you step up military operations that you're going to take more casualties. And all the military commanders have said it; we are going to take more casualties, it's implicit in the whole idea of a surge. So this figure of a thousand; yes it signifies that we made an investment in human beings in this country but it's almost inevitable that it would come to that size." AP Television FILE: Korengal Valley, Afghanistan - 16 May 2009 19. Various of US troops in firefight across valley AP Television Arlington, Virginia - 13 May 2010 20. SOUNDBITE: (English) General Stanley McChrystal, Commander in Afghanistan: "Ultimately our efforts across Afghanistan are about changing the perceptions of people. Afghans believe more of what they see than what they hear. This is a process that takes time; it would demand courage and resilience. We should expect increased violence as our combined security forces expand into Taliban controlled areas. " AP Television Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland - 20 April 2010 21. Various injured US soldiers being transported from military plane into ambulances AP Television Arlington, Virginia - 19 May 2010 22. Pan from cloudy skies to tombstones at Section 60, where war veterans are buried Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
