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Marines Launch New Afghan Assault

By the Associated Press

Posted Aug 12, 2009 5:36 PM CDT

(AP) – US Marines battled Taliban fighters today for control of a strategic southern town in a new operation to cut militant supply lines and allow Afghan residents to vote in next week's presidential election. Insurgents appeared to dig in for a fight, firing rocket-propelled grenades, mortar... Read full story »

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