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

Size Doesn't Matter: Missing The Point Of ISAF's Failure In Marja
Firedoglake (blog)
... 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
This is London
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
Washington Post
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
New York Times -BusinessWeek
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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
AFP
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
The military strategy in AfghanistanLong War Journal
The Australian -Power Line (blog) -Wall Street Journal
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ANALYST VIEW - Analysts assess Marjah offensive - Reuters India

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ANALYST VIEW - Analysts assess Marjah offensive
Reuters India
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
AFP
... 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

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

Published on Friday 12th of March 2010 11:22:34 AM