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		<title>Marine operation pushes militants out of Taliban region, now must earn trust of Afghans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Straziuso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines trapped Taliban fighters in a residential compound and persuaded the insurgents to allow women and children to leave. The troops then moved in — only to discover that the militants had slipped out, dressed in women&#8217;s burqa robes.

The fighters, who may owe their lives to the new U.S. commander&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New US guidelines aim for fewer Afghan civilian deaths by limiting airstrikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — The U.S. military made public new guidelines Monday for its troops in Afghanistan, battlefield rules that seek to reduce the number of civilian casualties in an increasingly deadly war.

Civilian deaths caused by U.S. and NATO military operations have long been a source of friction between President Hamid Karzai and the international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US general says coalition troops need to make protecting Afghan civilians top mission</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Straziuso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal said that U.S. and other NATO troops must make a &#8220;cultural shift&#8221; away from being a force designed for high intensity combat and instead make protecting Afghan civilians their first priority.

The newly arrived four-star commander said Wednesday he hopes to install a new military mindset by drilling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New US troops in southern Afghanistan to be a &#8216;game changer&#8217; in border area, commander says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Brummitt</dc:creator>
		
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Col. George Amland spoke to journalists at Camp Leatherneck, a rapidly expanding base now home to around 7,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New US troops in southern Afghanistan to be a &#8216;game changer&#8217; in border area</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>US surge in southern Afghanistan to be a major &#8216;game changer&#8217; in Pakistan border area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Brummitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — The surge of U.S. troops into southern Afghanistan will be a major &#8220;game changer&#8221; in the largely Taliban-controlled region as American forces target insurgent transportation routes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an American commander said Tuesday.

President Barack Obama has ordered 21,000 troops to Afghanistan this summer to beat back a resurgent Taliban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Marines fan out into dangerous southern Afghanistan, seeking to change war&#8217;s dynamic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Teams of builders worked through dust storms Monday to expand a base for a brigade of U.S. Marines now fanning out across southern Afghanistan to change the course of a war claiming American lives faster than ever before.

Some 10,000 Marines have poured into Afghanistan in the last six weeks, the military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells US Marines in Afghanistan they won&#8217;t be sent to Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 06:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Speaking to about 300 Marines at Camp Leatherneck in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, Gates assured them that they wouldn&#8217;t be fighting in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense Sec. Gates says US troops in Afghanistan arriving quicker than their equipment.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. troops are being rushed to Afghanistan without the equipment they will need to fight an emboldened Taliban, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and military officials said Thursday.

The equipment delay is &#8220;a considerable concern,&#8221; Gates said as he toured a dusty forward base in south Afghanistan where some 200 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Defense secretary Robert Gates tells US Marines they won&#8217;t be sent to Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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Speaking to about 300 Marines at Camp Leatherneck in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, Gates assured them that they wouldn&#8217;t be fighting in the neighboring [...]]]></description>
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