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Pull out the combat troops and send in the lawyers
http://www.suntimes.com/news/13191228-418/south-side-prosecutor-lawyers-for-his-country-in-afghanistan.htmlSouth Side prosecutor lawyers for his country — in Afghanistan
By Lauren FitzPatrick Sun-Times Media [email protected] June 15, 2012 6:18PM
In the middle of a dusty nowhere, amid farmers and mud houses, 7,000 miles up in Afghanistan’s eastern mountains, America takes one of its last offensive stands after more than a decade of war.
Here in green camouflage, a South Side prosecutor is lawyering for his country.
Dan Griffin, an assistant state’s attorney raised in Oak Lawn, has been deployed to Ghazni province as an Army attorney.
Some days he helps Afghans file damage claims against the American government.
