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Marines Launch First Post Surge Offensive in Now Zad Valley
US Marines and Afghan troops launched Operation Cobras Anger behind Taliban lines in Helmand province. About 1,000 Marines and 150 Afghan soldiers used helicopters and MV-22 Osprey aircraft to disrupt supply routes through Now Zad and IED Alley. Four Taliban fighters were reported killed with over 300 mines located. No US or Afghan casualties reported. NATO allies pledged additional troops as Obama sent 30,000 reinforcements.
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