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Goal: Win over Afghans
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Goal: Win over Afghans
Difficult work ahead

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Little Taliban resistance early in operation
NAWA, Afghanistan — Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on the...
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‘Zulu’ Cobras get new targeting system
The first sensor system that will provide Marine AH-1Z Super Cobra pilots with enhanced abilities to track targets rolled off the assembly line in late June, bringing the twin-engine attack helicopter one step closer to its operational capability.

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