From the Wall Street Journal:
MARJAH, Afghanistan—U.S. Marines sent reinforcements to a beleaguered outpost where insurgent fighters were using women and children to carry weapons and shield their attacks on coalition forces.
Bryan Denton for the Wall Street Journal
Marines filed through a field toward Marjah. In the first 24 hours of the assault, which began before dawn Saturday, one U.S. Marine and one British soldier were killed.
Meanwhile, coalition forces confirmed at least 15 civilian deaths since the operation began.
In the three-day-old battle for control of this key southern town—the biggest coalition offensive since the Taliban government fell in 2001—insurgents appear to be making their fiercest stand at the central Koru Chareh bazaar and a dense residential area the Marines dubbed the Pork Chop for its shape.
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