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SALAR BAN, Afghanistan (Mar. 24, 2006) -- In conjunction with soldiers from the Afghan National Army, Marines from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, recently conducted a week-long company-wide operation led by Charlie Company Commander Capt. Jared Spurlock in the Shuryak Valley of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan immediately followed by another week-long mission manning an observation post along the Pech River Road in the often hostile area between Camp Blessing in Nangalam and Camp Wright in Asadabad. All told, Marines from Charlie Company's 3rd Platoon spent 15-days in the...

Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman (California) is reported to have given a letter to antiwar activists to facilitate their delivery of aid to the 'other side' in Fallujah, Iraq.The leftist online publication Peace and Resistance, in an article published January 1, said that Rep. Waxman had written a letter addressed to the American ambassador in Amman, Jordan to help ease transit through Customs of $600,000 worth of medical supplies and cash collected by the anti-American groups Code Pink and Global Exchange. According to the groups' leader, Medea Benjamin, the aid is destined for the "other side" in Fallujah.The letter was being...