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AFGHANISTAN: FICTION OF MARJA AS CITY WAS...
Tuesday, 9th March, 2010 (08:01 PM) |
* IPS March 9, 2010
WASHINGTON, Mar 8, 2010 (IPS) - For weeks, the U.S. public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan War against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand...
Marja is not a city or even a real town, but either a few clusters of farmers' homes or a large agricultural area covering much of the southern Helmand River Valley... That very limited area was the apparent objective of "Operation Moshtarak", [with] 7,500 U.S., NATO...MORE
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