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Article: Tough fight coming up, Petraeus says in Seattle; Close Up.(News)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2009
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Byline: Hal Bernton; Seattle Times staff reporter
Tough months are ahead and "difficult fighting will be necessary" for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus told a Seattle audience Wednesday night.
Speaking before the Seattle World Affairs Council, the head of the U.S. Central Command said this summer's military campaign in Afghanistan will focus on the 10 percent of provinces that are the source of about 70 percent of a sharp escalation in violence.
Much of this hostile territory is in southern Afghanistan, he said, and the goal is to secure as much ground as possible before mid-August presidential elections there.
In an ...