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Operation Cobra's Anger day two

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Reuters/Washington Post:

U.S. Marines pressed into a remote Taliban stronghold on Saturday with their first major assault in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama earmarked 30,000 more troops to try to turn the tide on the Taliban insurgency.
Operation "Cobra's Anger," which involves 900 U.S. Marines and [...]

Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:11am EST

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1,000 Marines lead offensive aganst Taliban

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Fox News:

U.S. Marines and Afghan troops on Friday launched the first offensive since President Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said.

Hundreds of troops from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines and the [...]

Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:53pm EST

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Troops skeptical of turning things over to Afghans

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Washington Times:

When nearly 60 tribal leaders gathered in a Taliban stronghold here recently to discuss mounting security challenges, U.S. military commanders and staff listened attentively, but there were no representatives from Afghan security forces.
"What government do we have?" asked Mohammed Nabi, a malik, or tribal leader, [...]

Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:07am EST

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9,000 more Marines headed to Helmand

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Washington Post:

Days after President Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin final preparations to deploy to southern Afghanistan and renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that slowed this year amid a troop shortage and political [...]

Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:46am EST

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Disruption of Taliban in Pakistan

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NY Times:

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A month after the Pakistani military began its push into the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan, militants appear to have been dispersed, not eliminated, with most simply fleeing. That recurring pattern illustrated the problems facing the Obama administration [...]

Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:57am EST

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Operation Cobra's Anger day two

—PrairiePundit

Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:11am EST

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1,000 Marines lead offensive aganst Taliban

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Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:53pm EST

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Troops skeptical of turning things over to Afghans

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Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:07am EST

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9,000 more Marines headed to Helmand

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Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:46am EST

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Disruption of Taliban in Pakistan

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Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:57am EST

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