KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 30: U.S. Army soldiers from the Viper Company of the 1-26 Infantry fire 120mm mortars on a Taliban position October 30, 2008 in the Korengal Valley of eastern Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents had attacked a nearby U.S. Army outpost, and the Americans responded with machine guns, mortars and helicopter gunships. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
