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**kKFB1BxX** · 02-19-2010, 05:52 PM

A US Marine guards a combat outpost in Trikh Nawar, a poppy farmland area on the northeastern outskirts of Marjah. A senior British commander has warned it could take weeks to wrest control of the Afghan town because of determined Taliban resistance, as NATO said four more soldiers had been killed in the operation. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

Afghan National Army soldiers take part in an exercise near a military base in Gereshk City, Helmand province on February 17. Duration: 00: 38(AFP)

A US army Blackhawk helicopter lands near a marine combat outpost in Trikh Nawar, a poppy farmland area on the northeastern outskirts of Marjah.
(AFP/Patrick Baz)

A U.S. Marine dog handler stands with his bomb-sniffing working dog as British medics receive him at a military hospital at the end of a helicopter medevac mission of the U.S. Army's Task Force Pegasus, Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. The lifesaving dog, which had stopped functioning well, according to his handler, was evacuated along with a wounded Afghan civilian by TF Pegasus.
(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Britain's Prince Charles (C) speaks with members of the Army Air Corps and their families ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan during a visit to Dishforth Air base, northern England February 18, 2010.
REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

U.S. Marines with NATO forces keep vigil as Marines and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers setup a joint military base in north of Marjah, city of Helmand province, Thursday Feb. 18, 2010.
(AP Photo/Jerome Starkey, Pool)

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stands guard as a suspected Taliban sits blindfolded and hands tied on the ground in Marjah, city of Helmand province, Thursday Feb. 18, 2010.
(AP Photo/Jerome Starkey, Pool)

02-19-2010, 05:52 PM	#22
kKFB1BxX Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 510 Senior Member	A US Marine guards a combat outpost in Trikh Nawar, a poppy farmland area on the northeastern outskirts of Marjah. A senior British commander has warned it could take weeks to wrest control of the Afghan town because of determined Taliban resistance, as NATO said four more soldiers had been killed in the operation. (AFP/Patrick Baz) Afghan National Army soldiers take part in an exercise near a military base in Gereshk City, Helmand province on February 17. Duration: 00: 38(AFP) A US army Blackhawk helicopter lands near a marine combat outpost in Trikh Nawar, a poppy farmland area on the northeastern outskirts of Marjah. (AFP/Patrick Baz) A U.S. Marine dog handler stands with his bomb-sniffing working dog as British medics receive him at a military hospital at the end of a helicopter medevac mission of the U.S. Army's Task Force Pegasus, Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. The lifesaving dog, which had stopped functioning well, according to his handler, was evacuated along with a wounded Afghan civilian by TF Pegasus. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) Britain's Prince Charles (C) speaks with members of the Army Air Corps and their families ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan during a visit to Dishforth Air base, northern England February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis U.S. Marines with NATO forces keep vigil as Marines and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers setup a joint military base in north of Marjah, city of Helmand province, Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jerome Starkey, Pool) An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stands guard as a suspected Taliban sits blindfolded and hands tied on the ground in Marjah, city of Helmand province, Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jerome Starkey, Pool)
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