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Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 11, 2010

DELIVERING A MAP - A U.S. Marine sprints down the line of heavy machine guns to deliver a map after a firefight with Taliban insurgents at the “Five Points” intersection, a key junction linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjeh with the rest of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2010. The Marines, assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conducted an assault earlier that morning to seize the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian Tuthill

New Battles Test U.S. Strategy In Afghanistan -- Wall Street Journal

Focus on Safeguarding Civilian Lives Frustrates Troops in Taliban Territory.

PASHMUL, Afghanistan— When the first Taliban shots at the U.S. Army patrol cracked from behind the tree line, an Afghan villager who had just been talking to the soldiers crumpled into the mud.

An Army medic rushed to help the man, apparently a civilian caught in the crossfire. But hours later, at the American base where the victim was taken for treatment, troops found in his pocket the polished dog tag of an American soldier killed three weeks earlier.

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