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Published on: Thursday 02 July 2009
(Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in opium poppy-producing areas of the Helmand River valley on Thursday at the start of a major new offensive Washington hopes ...
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Published on: Wednesday 01 July 2009
(Reuters) - Washington has sent 8,500 Marines to Afghanistan's restive southern province of Helmand to reinforce overstretched British forces in the face of a growing Taliban-led insurgency, part of a ...