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Belong there, the rifle was stuck in a crevice between two rows of books. had i not had a flashlight in my hand, i probably would have missed it. but i was shining it in that crevice and found it. it was next to -- the row of books was next to the stairwell. >> you found the gun before knowing it belonged to oswald. how did the pieces start to come together? >> it appeared that the sniper's nest which was in the opposite corner of the building, was the firing point. and it looked like he had set the stage for the crevice to be set up before the event occurred. so as he could run across the flo...
Immediately and briefed on it and we're monitoring the situation. >> cnn's chris lawrence is live for us at the pentagon. chris, what more do you know, what caused the explosion? >> basically officials are telling us that this 60 millimeter mortar shell detonated in the tube at the firing point. in other words, instead of the mortar flying out, the mortar exploded right in the tube with the marines all gathered around it. normally it would take several marines a mortar crew so to speak to operate this, but this was training, so you may have had support personnel also around the mortar firing. ...
>> come right. >> the taliban firing point positively identified. the command is given to silence the shooting for good. >> got that? >> good shot. >> day and night, patrols moved through the green zone looking to disrupt the taliban's command and control structures. these are joint british and afghan national army patrols. they know that the taliban are watching their every move and to a degree, that's the point. but there are two dangers here. the taliban fighters, of course, the worst still huge numbers of improvised bombs. each soldier follows the step of the man in front. these bombs are ...