Historic Encounters: Robert's Ridge - Rescue in Afghanistan  (2006)

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Historic Encounters: Robert's Ridge - Rescue in Afghanistan

The documentary Historic Encounters: Robert's Ridge - Rescue in Afghanistan travels inside of the titular incident, which marked the first major battle of the U.S.-backed war in Afghanistan. It began amiably, even heroically, with an attempted rescue of a Navy SEAL on an Afghani mountain; then Al-Qaeda turned up to ambush the whole operation, strong-arming the unprepared U.S. soldiers into fighting for their lives. This program relays the initial incident and describes how it bled into Operation Anacoda - the U.S. military's aggressive attempts to annihilate the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in the Shahi-Kot Valley. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide