Politics & Government
Gunnery Sergeant Brandon Dickinson, with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, speaks to a resident of Marjah, Afghanistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Dickinson, known in his company as "Gunney D," has been spearheading the counter-insurgency campaign to woo wary Marjah residents and earned a new nickname: "The Mayor of Koru Chareh," the local market outside his Marine combat outpost. (Dion Nissenbuam/MCT)
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Gunnery Sergeant Brandon Dickinson, with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, speaks to a resident of Marjah, Afghanistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Dickinson, known in his company as "Gunney D," has been spearheading the counter-insurgency campaign to woo wary Marjah residents and earned a new nickname: "The Mayor of Koru Chareh," the local market outside his Marine combat outpost. (Dion Nissenbuam/MCT)
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Mullawi Raziq Abdel Rashid, stands outside his Marjah, Afghanistan mosque on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Rashid, a pro-Taliban spiritual leader in the southern Afghanistan town, opposes the U.S. Military presence, which is centered right across from his mosque. (Dion Nissenbuam/MCT)
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Mullawi Raziq Abdel Rashid, stands outside his Marjah, Afghanistan mosque on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Rashid, a pro-Taliban spiritual leader in the southern Afghanistan town, opposes the U.S. Military presence, which is centered right across from his mosque. (Dion Nissenbuam/MCT)
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An Afghan store owner doles out goods at his spice store in Koru Chareh, a local market in Marjah, Afghanistan that was the scene of intense fighting during the recent U.S. Military offensive to drive Taliban forces from power in this southern Afghanistan community. The U.S. military is now looking to win the trust of wary Marjah residents by offering them jobs, medical care and money to help them rebuild after the intense fighting. (Dion Nissenbuam/MCT)
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An Afghan man drives by a Marine outpost in Marjah, Afghanistan on Saturday, March 20, 2010. After a fierce battle to drive Taliban fighters from power, the U.S. military is now looking to win the trust of wary Marjah residents by offering them jobs, medical care and money to help them rebuild after the intense fighting. (Dion Nissenbuam/MCT)
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