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US General: Battle In Marjah Is Over

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A senior Marine general in Afghanistan on Tuesday declared the battle in the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah "essentially ove...

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Petraeus Not the Only One Fatigued by Afghanistan

Malou Innocent | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a Senate hearing on Tuesday, it became glaringly obvious that "success" in Afghanistan, if it's even still achievable, will take far longer than July 2011.

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Taliban Retake Control, Momentum In Northern Marjah

New York Times | Richard A. Oppel Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since their offensive here in February, the Marines have flooded Marja with hundreds of thousands of dollars a week. ... The approach helped tur...

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McChrystal Calls Marjah 'Bleeding Ulcer' In Afghan Campaign

McClatchy | Dion Nissenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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MARJAH, Afghanistan -- Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top allied military commander in Afghanistan, sat gazing at maps of Marjah as a Marine batta...

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Conservative Historian: Afghanistan Choice 'Like A Joke'

Rethink Afghanistan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew J. Bacevich, professor of international relations at Boston University, pushes back against the idea that U.S. and allied forces can deliver "g...

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NATO: Rockets Miss Target, Kill 12 Afghan Civilians During Marjah Offensive

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 05.25.2011

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MARJAH, Afghanistan — Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home Sunday outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after ...

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Marjah Offensive Launched By US

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines and Afghan troops swooped down on the Taliban-held town of Marjah before dawn Saturday,...

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Marjah Battle: Gunfire Between Marines, Taliban Foreshadows Major Afghanistan Fight

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan — U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the...

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