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Marines in Afghan Assault Grapple With Civilian Deaths - NYTimes.com
...Within hours, a Marine Corps Osprey, a transport aircraft that can take off and land like a helicopter, put down nearby, taking enemy fire as it came in, and the Marines grimly loaded the bodies aboard for the trip to the cemetery.
Top Taliban commander captured in Pakistan - CTV News
...U.S. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers were moving methodically through the town of Marjah, 610 kilometres southwest of Kabul, Wednesday, conducting house-to-house searches, removing bombs and booby-traps as they moved through town.
Marine spokesmen say Taliban resistance in the town seemed to be growing more disorganized and poorly co-ordinated.
Nevertheless, Taliban have not given up. Insurgent snipers hiding in haystacks in poppy fields exchanged fire with Marines and Afghan troops as they swept south.
Insurgents tried but failed to shoot down an Osprey aircraft with rocket-propelled grenades as Cobra attack helicopters fired missiles at Taliban positions, including a machine-gun bunker.
A Taliban spokesman told The Associated Press however that insurgents retain control of the town and that coalition forces who "descended from helicopters in limited areas of Marjah" were now "under siege." ...