There are no cities anywhere near where the US military said they were waging an offensive in the city of Marja. There just aren't any cities anywhere in that area at all. They're just not there. It is, as described in the article linked in my first post, an agricultural area with small settlements scattered all around it.

I know we were told here in the US that the US military was preparing to wage, and then was waging, a big battle in a city, because I live here and that's what we were being told in the news. It's quite clearly a lie.