The New York Times
Fri, February 12, 2010 -- 4:58 PM ET
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U.S. Marines and Afghan Troops Launch Attack on Taliban-Held Town, A.P. Reports
American and Afghan troops launched an attack on Marja, a
Taliban-held town in southern Helmand Province, The
Associated Press reported. In this attack, commanders say
they will do something they have never done before: bring in
an Afghan government and police force behind them. American
and British troops will stay on to support them.
Marja is intended to serve as a prototype for a new type of
military operation, based on the counterinsurgency thinking
propounded by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal in the prelude to
President Obama's decision in December to increase the number
of American troops here to nearly 100,000.
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