Just like the movies _ in Afghanistan, US bomb disposal unit gets close to danger for a living

Afghan: US bomb squad on the frontlines

BADULA QULP, Afghanistan — Staff. Sgt. Joshua Rickert hasn’t just seen “The Hurt Locker,” the award-winning film about an American bomb disposal squad in Iraq. He’s living it — in Afghanistan.

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