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Transcript: MARINES INHABIT TALIBAN FORTRESS
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
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- November 9, 2009
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INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
11-09-2009
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Nov. 9, 2009 - Marines have an uncanny ability
to call any place "home," even if it's a mixture of sand and gravel, or
in this instance, a Taliban compound. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, have been operating out of what Marines
refer to as "the mansion" here, since Aug. 1. Local Afghans have told Marines
the compound belonged to a drug lord who was having it built to house his
entire family. However, the construction was never completed, because he
was arrested and taken to prison. Marines were sent to the compound to
clear it out, believing it was a Taliban stronghold. They ...
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