Marjah

[Tom]

Prayers to all our, and the world's brave souls doing battle in Marjah.
Biggest IED threat to date, those who area fighting evil are not deterred.
A high price is being paid to seek out and destroy evil.

[Robert Goren]

Prayers to all our, and the world's brave souls doing battle in Marjah.
Biggest IED threat to date, those who area fighting evil are not deterred.
A high price is being paid to seek out and destroy evil.:ThmbUp: :ThmbUp: :ThmbUp:

[ArlJim78]

I read somewhere that in order to avoid a lot of the ied's and booby traps that ringed the area, the first wave came mostly from soldiers being dropping in from the air behind the lines.
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Marines spearhead major Afghanistan offensive (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61B1ZJ20100213?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a49:g43:r1:c 0.488914:b30595964:z0)

Marines in helicopters landed in Marjah district, the last big Taliban stronghold in Helmand province, in the first hours of a NATO campaign to impose government control on rebel-held areas before U.S. forces start a planned 2011 drawdown.

They fired at least four rockets at militants who attacked from compounds near the bazaar in Marjah town. Hours later, the area was still gripped by the firefight.

There was one Marine casualty in the unit in which a Reuters correspondent was embedded. In their house nearby, a family huddled in one room, laundry flapping on the line outside.
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