Friday, February 19, 2010

Soldiers Keep Up Push in Taliban Stronghold

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MARJA, Afghanistan — Ten minutes after walking out of the small outpost on Monday morning, the Marines of Company K were ambushed again.



Taliban fighters waited until the patrol of perhaps 25 Marines had entirely entered the barren and flat open ground between two mud-walled compounds. Then they opened fire. Bullets twanged past in the air and thumped among the Marines in the dirt.

There was no cover.



The Marines dropped, fired, then bounded to their feet, running through muddy gunk.

“Break to your left!” one of them shouted. “Go!”

So began the third day for a rifle company alone in northern Marja, where four platoons have been in near constant skirmishing with the Taliban since Saturday. ..


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