AFGHANISTAN-US-UNREST-MARINES

US Marines from Fox Company 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines guard an Afghan man found traveling with nearly 50 lbs of Opium on his motorcycle during a routine patrol in Farah Province, southern Afghanistan, on September 28, 2009. The US Marines subsequently searched the mans house netting a discovery of approximately 200 lbs of opium in total. Democratic US Senator John Kerry said today that President Barack Obama and the Congress should not automatically grant the top US military commander in Afghanistan's request for more troops. AFP PHOTO/DAVID FURST