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U.S. Marines Storm Taliban-Held Town In Afghanistan
AP via Yahoo News ^
| 12 Aug 2009
| Alfred de Montesquiou
Posted on 08/12/2009 1:06:13 AM PDT by edpc
DAHANEH, Afghanistan – Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed into a strategic Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday, battling to gain control of the area ahead of next week's presidential elections.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; harriers; marines; military; oef; oefsurge; wot
Short excerpt due to AP sourcing.
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posted on
08/12/2009 1:06:14 AM PDT
by
edpc
To: edpc
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posted on
08/12/2009 1:13:43 AM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: edpc
Semper-fi. Godspeed to those brave soliders.
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posted on
08/12/2009 1:54:37 AM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
To: Proud_USA_Republican
Semper-fi. Godspeed to those brave soliders(sic)
.Marines
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posted on
08/12/2009 3:22:53 AM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
I wish our guys a safe and successful mission.
Please leave the trash on the field, Gitmo is full.
To: A.A. Cunningham
Shades of 40 years ago. Marines in the same helos, backed up by light attack aircraft.
TC
To: edpc
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