No charges for 2 Marines accused in Afghan deaths
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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A convoy of Marines in light armored vehicles attacked Taliban fortifications in a former agricultural school that U.S. intelligence officers said was being used as a major Taliban command post. (article 1)
By midmorning, Alpha and Bravo company Marines had seized several mud-walled compounds set amid lush poppy fields. (article 1)
Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan are fleeing to the Pakistani border after being routed in recent operations by the United States Marines, the American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said on Monday. (article 2)
Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been clearing Taliban and foreign fighters from the district of Garmser, in southern Helmand Province, an important infiltration and drug trafficking route used by the Taliban to supply insurgents farther north. (article 2)
" The insurgents, after experiencing these several weeks of pressure below Garmser, are trying to flee to the south, perhaps to go back to the sanctuaries in another country said the NATO commander , Gen. Dan K. McNeill. (article 2)
The tribunal investigated allegations that as many as 19 Afghan civilians died when a unit of Lejeune-based Marine special operations troops opened fire after a car bomb targeted their convoy on March 4, 2007 in Nangahar Province. (article 3)
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Story keywords
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Marines, Taliban, Afghanistan, commander, Galvin |
Source articles
- Simultaneously, a convoy of Marines in light armor... (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2008, 623 words)
- U.S. Reports Gains Against Taliban Fighters (nytimes.com, 06/03/2008, 396 words)
- No charges for 2 Marines accused in Afghan deaths (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 576 words)
- Many Afghans outraged at US decision on Marines (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 347 words)
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