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Nearly 4000 US Marines supported with heavy artillery and helicopter gunships entered the heartland of Afghanistan to neutralize the threats of Taliban before the forthcoming...
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- Submitted By: prabirghose | 5 months agoSoldier captured by rebels as US launches Afghan offensive In the biggest military offensive of the Obama presidency, more than 4,000 US Marines, backed by heavy artillery and helicopter gunships, stormed into the Taleban heartland yesterday, the ...
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- News Source: National Public Radio | 5 months agoWeekend Edition Sunday , July 5, 2009 · In Afghanistan, there are continued skirmishes between U.S. Marines and Taliban fighters in some areas of the Helmand province. Marines are setting up small outposts throughout the area, and are starting the...
- News Source: Voice of America | 5 months agoMarines have suffered their first casualties of a new major offensive in Taliban-controlled parts of southern Afghanistan. The U.S. military says one Marine was killed and several others wounded as they were taking up positions in Taliban strongholds...
- News Source: Voice of America | 5 months agoPresident Barack Obama is still struggling with what to do with the most dangerous terror detainees at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The president addressed this and other issues in a wide-ranging interview with a domestic wire service. The new...
- News Source: Financial Times | 5 months agoThe decision to move into parts of Helmand province where the British have been unable to venture – clearing out the Taliban from their sanctuaries – is one fraught with risk. But it marks a recognition by the Obama administration, and by Nato...
- News Source: Tulsa World | 5 months agoMarines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured...
- News Source: The independent | 5 months agoIn the biggest military offensive of the Obama presidency, more than 4,000 US Marines, backed by heavy artillery and helicopter gunships, stormed into the Taliban heartland yesterday, the first assault in what one commander called a "summer of...
- News Source: Inter Press Service | 5 months agoAfter months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented including a surge of troops and attempts to curtail the poppy trade that allegedly funds insurgents.
- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 5 months agoMarines and 600 Afghan troops, will clear the Helmand river valley, district by district, of Taliban fighters in roughly seven weeks, finishing around Afghanistan's Aug. 20 presidential election. Then Afghan police will move in to sustain the...
- News Source: The Guardian | 5 months agoThe US poured 4,000 marines into Afghanistan 's Helmand province today in its biggest operation for five years to try to wrest the poppy-filled river valley permanently from the Taliban . In helicopters, armoured vehicles and on foot, the marines...
- News Source: The Daily Star | 5 months agoThousands of US Marines poured into Afghanistan's Taliban heartlands Thursday, quickly capturing a district in the first major assault of President Barack Obama's new war plan. Dozens of aircraft ferried out the Marines from bases before dawn, aiming...
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