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Air Force TSgt Tyler Woodson, 20, of Macon, looks out at a mountain top southwest of Jalalabad in search of a place to drop a warning bomb if his fellow guardsman come under attack. He chose the flattened portion of the mountain. In an effort to reduce civilian casualties, the the military is now looking for alternative tactics, like warning air strikes. (Nancy Youssef/MCT) (Nancy Youssef/MCT)

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