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Thousands of US Marines to Remain in Marjah for 'Several Months'

When some 15,000 US-led troops invaded the tiny farming community of Marjah last month, the strategy was supposed to be simple. Troops would quickly clear the region, an operation expected to take a matter of days, and then turn the region over to Afghan police to “hold.” But as the operation, presented by officials as a “test” for a much larger offensive against the city of Kandahar, has taken much longer than anticipated and the “hold” strategy seems to be falling apart as well.
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Posted by Editor at March 3, 2010 12:39 AM