Size Doesn't Matter: Missing The Point Of ISAF's Failure In Marja - Firedoglake (blog)


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Size Doesn't Matter: Missing The Point Of ISAF's Failure In Marja
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... a city or even a real town, but either a few clusters of farmers' homes or a large agricultural area covering much of the southern Helmand River Valley. ...
Security, justice key to Afghan success: NATOAFP
Afghan leader drums up support in captured townBangkok Post

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UK troops hand Afghan flashpoint to US Marines - This is London


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UK troops hand Afghan flashpoint to US Marines
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The town, on the upper reaches of the Helmand river, is a vital junction in drug trafficking routes and controls the approaches to the Kajaki dam and ...
Musa Qaleh - Job well done.....NearlyArticle Ant (press release)

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Zabul province seeks US troops, but is caught in Afghan numbers game - Washington Post


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Zabul province seeks US troops, but is caught in Afghan numbers game
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By the end of the buildup, there will be 40000 coalition and Afghan troops just in one 60-mile stretch of the Helmand River valley, according to a senior US ...
Marja, Afghanistan: Pentagon Propaganda taken to new heights!Veterans Today Network
Afghan women dice with death to workAFP
Marjah, the city that never wasAsia Times Online
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Marjah: Heroin, Taliban nexus in the eye of a storm - AFP


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Marjah: Heroin, Taliban nexus in the eye of a storm
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KABUL — Marjah is an opium-growing paradise in the Helmand River valley, where a Taliban reign of fear has created one of southern Afghanistan's most ...
Marja: From USAID to US MarinesNew York Times (blog)
Battle of Marjah, Afghanistan BeginsAssociated Content
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ANALYST VIEW - Analysts assess Marjah offensive - Reuters India


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ANALYST VIEW - Analysts assess Marjah offensive
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There can be no doubt that retaking this insurgent stronghold in the critical Helmand River Valley is an important step in reclaiming southern Afghanistan ...
Canadians played key role in Marja attackToronto Star
General Sir David Richards: Taliban thought we were on run, but the tables ...Telegraph.co.uk
Car bombs kill NATO soldier, five AfghansAFP

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Soldier killed in Afghanistan: officials - AFP


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Soldier killed in Afghanistan: officials
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... Saturday involving 15000 troops which aims to clear militants from the Marjah and Nad Ali districts in the poppy-growing central Helmand River valley. ...
Afghanistan - An Offensive ForetoldEurasia Review

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Claim: Pentagon Pedaled Misinformation About Attack on Marja - Democracy Now

Claim: Pentagon Pedaled Misinformation About Attack on Marja
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... it is not even a real town, just a few clusters of farmers' homes and a large agricultural area covering much of the southern Helmand River Valley. ...

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Elvis Ain't Dead - He's In Afghanistan - Eurasia Review


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Elvis Ain't Dead - He's In Afghanistan
Eurasia Review
Marja (and Nad Ali and other neighbouring areas) might be an important area in an economically important region, the irrigated zone along Helmand River (the ...
Tough road ahead once Afghan assault overAFP
Afghan government-in-a-box is tough sellReuters
US-led troops inch close to victory in Afghan assaultChannel News Asia
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Marjah Effort Shows Values, Flaws Of Afghan Forces - NPR


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Marjah Effort Shows Values, Flaws Of Afghan Forces
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When the US military began its counterinsurgency offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand River valley last summer, some 4000 Marines took part in the operation ...
NATO forces advance in HelmandMonday Morning
Afghan violence kills four NATO soldiers, 10 civiliansSydney Morning Herald

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Afghan police move into Taliban stronghold - AFP


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Afghan police move into Taliban stronghold
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Fully securing the target area in the central Helmand River valley however could take another month as troops led by US Marines strive to clear the ...
Yemen? That's so last month...gair rhydd
Fears for civilians trapped by US attacks on TalibanSydney Morning Herald
Nato troops kill Afghan civilianThe Nation, Pakistan
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