As soon as that "government in a box" (see previous post) is delivered.
In Marjah, Marines and Afghan troops faced little armed resistance. But their advance through the town was impeded by countless land mines, homemade bombs and booby-traps littering the area.[...]
Shopkeeper Abdul Kader, 44, said seven or eight Taliban fighters, who had been holding the position where the Marines crossed over, had fled in the middle of the night .[...] "They left with their motorcycles and their guns. They went deeper into town," he said as Marines and Afghan troops searched a poppy field next to his house. "We can't even walk out of our own houses."
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"The elders are telling people to stay behind the front doors and keep them bolted," [Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, the top NATO commander in the south] said. "Once people feel more secure and they realize there is government present on the ground, they will come out and tell us where the IEDs are."
Whatever you say, Nick.
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