Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to four Royal Marines killed in Afghanistan earlier this month as he visited their comrades on the frontline. Photo from The Daily Mail.From The Telegraph:
Royal Marines have killed 130 Taliban fighters during a major three-day battle in Afghanistan in which a key enemy stronghold was destroyed, the Ministry of Defence has said.
A force of 700 troops from 42 Commando along with Danish and Afghan troops swooped on the Taliban base of Marjah in a helicopter air assault that took three waves to offload the men.
With Marjah a main base for processing opium and training forces, the enemy put up a fierce fight as the commandos swept through a network of mud brick compounds.
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My Comment: This is a major battle and clear proof that the AfghanPak War is now one of the world's bloodiest conflicts.