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**Pippoles** · 03-13-2010, 04:28 PM

From the OP article:

According to Gareth Porter, writing on Counterpunch, the earliest references in news stories to Marjah as a city with a large population have a common origin in a briefing given on February 2 by officials at Camp Leatherneck, the U.S. Marine base there.

The media fell into line at once. The Associated Press published an article the same day quoting "Marine commanders" as saying that they expected 400 to 1,000 insurgents to be "holed up" in the "southern Afghan town of 80,000 people." Feb. 28, AP:
town of Marjah http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100228/D9E5D6PG4.html

Financial Times (Feb. 18, 19) calls it a town too.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6754b44a-1...44feab49a.html

I couldn't find an article that calls it a city.

03-13-2010, 04:28 PM	#12
Pippoles Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	From the OP article: According to Gareth Porter, writing on Counterpunch, the earliest references in news stories to Marjah as a city with a large population have a common origin in a briefing given on February 2 by officials at Camp Leatherneck, the U.S. Marine base there. The media fell into line at once. The Associated Press published an article the same day quoting "Marine commanders" as saying that they expected 400 to 1,000 insurgents to be "holed up" in the "southern Afghan town of 80,000 people." Feb. 28, AP: town of Marjah http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100228/D9E5D6PG4.html Financial Times (Feb. 18, 19) calls it a town too. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6754b44a-1...44feab49a.html I couldn't find an article that calls it a city.
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