From The New York Times
MARJA, Afghanistan — Thousands of American, Afghan and British troops attacked the watery Taliban fortress of Marja early Saturday, moving on foot, in trucks and through the air to destroy the insurgency’s largest haven and begin a campaign to reassert the dominance of the Afghan government in a large swath of southern Afghanistan.
The force of about 6,000 Marines and soldiers — a majority of them Afghan — began moving into the city and environs before dawn.
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