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Thread #128060 Message #2866938
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-Mar-10 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Myth of Marja
Subject: RE: BS: The Myth of Marja
NY Times article, 2010/03/18- "Taliban Hit Back in Marja with a Campaign of Intimidation," Rod Norland. Extracts- "Though Marja has an occupation force numbering more than one coalition soldier or police officer for every eight residents, Taliban agitators have been able to wage an underground campaign of subversion, which residents say has intensified in the past two weeks."
"The new governor of Marja, Haji Abdul Zahir, said the militants were now holding meetings in randomly selected homes roughly every other night, gathering residents together and demanding that they turn over the names of anyone cooperating with the authorities."
"Mr Zahir said the Taliban also regularly issued "night letters" posted at mosques or on utility poles............. even in densely populated neighborhoods of the city, which has a population of 80,000."