US Marines pour in to British Zone with dawn raid on Afghan drug town
                   
freerepublic.com     Apr 30, 2008            

US Marines poured into a lawless town in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province — the first time a sizeable American force has fought in the largely British sector of the country for several years. About 2,400 Marines, many veterans of the war in Iraq, were involved in the dawn assault on... [read full story]                    


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yahoo.com     41 mins ago   1 related          

BAGHDAD (AFP) - US General David Petraeus, the man credited with curbing sectarian violence in Iraq, will hand the command of US-led forces in Iraq to General Raymond Odierno on September 16, his spokesman said Sunday. "He...                    

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Suicide attacks, clashes kill over 30 in Afghanistan (Roundup)

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Comment on Osama bin Laden Planning 9-11 Anniversary Video Address by Lev

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I wonder if for the seventh anniversary the government is finally going to tell us how gigantic skyscrapers can "collapse" at freefall rate (as the 9/11 whitewash commission and the N.I.S.T. both admitted) when anyone...                    

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Afghan tribal leader's trial set

denverpost.com     2 hrs ago   4 related          

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