"We felt a lot better once we got back to camp and had a cup of tea."

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Here’s some captivating video of what it’s like to come under fire when embedded on patrol in Afghanistan from Stuart Webb and Alex Thomson, journalists with British television network Channel 4.

Yikes.

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Clint Hendler is the managing editor of Mother Jones, and a former deputy editor of CJR.