Thursday, July 02, 2009

New Offensive in Afghanistan

We pray for their safety and their success. 

U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.

One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban government in 2001.

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Posted by Owen at 1745 hrs
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