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Stratfor explains “The Meaning of Marjah”

By / Leave a Comment / 2 June 2013

“The Meaning of Marjah“ By Kamran Bokhari, Peter Zeihan and Nathan Hughes of Stratfor.  17 February 2010 — This report is republished with permission of STRATFOR. On Feb. 13, some 6,000 U.S. Marines, soldiers and Afghan National Army (ANA) troops launched a sustained assault on the town of Marjah in Helmand province. Until this latest offensive, the U.S. and …

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The future of Marjah, after the invasion and occupation

By / 3 Comments / 8 December 2011

Summary:  We occupy Marjah amidst promises to rebuild and bring good government. Just as we did in Fallujah — which was in fact a simple punitive strike. Typical counter-insurgency tactics, as practiced for millenia. We’ll see if Marjah is different.  It’s a test-case.  Is COIN real, or just a cover for variations on the trinity of US counter-insurgency methods since …

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