Marines face stiff resistance in southern Afghanistan
                   
telegram.com     May 16, 2008            

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan set up a mortar at a compound near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) GARMSER, Afghanistan— U.S. Marines who once planned to be in this southern Afghan town for just a few days are extending their mission... [read full story]                

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