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Of marjah, at around 2:00 a.m., boots on the ground, pitch-black dark except for the stars and flares in the sky. they have to deal with the rough terrain. this is an area that has canals and irrigation system built by the u.s. in the 1950s and '60s. and those were the challenges that they faced in the very beginning. and they did have four lightly injured troops who were medi vacced out and it was because of the train, not because of the enemy activity. but when the sun rose that the shooting began from the taliban. the taliban did attack. we were running through the field wsz the u.s. marine...

The troops themselves. the company we've been with on the ground, there have been booby traps within the city limits and they've been able to detect it with what's known as an idd, ied detective dog, who can sniff out the ieds in the field. they've been able to detonate those prior to any kind of troop casualties. and we have striker fire, we have attacks coming in from the taliban, mortar rounds going out against the u.s. marines. they've been able to keep within bay. but i have to tell you that the taliban have been as close as 400, 500 meters where we're at with the marines right now. betty...

Populati population, the farmers living in the area, how they are effected, how many of their own friends and family members they see being perhaps killed or involved in the fighting. all this is going to play into that time line, t.j. >> but, nic, we hear this talked about it seems like all the time. it oftentimes doesn't seem to work. is there something about this time, this operation, the focus on marjah, that they believe they're getting it right this time and how they're going about involving the local government, civilian, farmers, they think they've got the formula right this time? >> r...

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