Marines to wind down Afghan combat in 2012 (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111126/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_war_strategy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111124/capt.a183a98762a643d19cd91964db1d1059-a183a98762a643d19cd91964db1d1059-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=vb3ecxEJLtrhkGysjBAsrQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo taken with a cell phone, Marine Gen. James Amos visits Combat Outpost Geronimo in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, as he visits troops. The U.S. Marines' top general, James Amos, sprinted up and down the Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, visiting frontline Marines at nine remote outposts to share Thanksgiving and applaud their gains against the Taliban in a region where al-Qaida hatched the 9/11 plot a decade ago. (AP Photo/Bob Burns)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. Marines will march out of Afghanistan by the thousands next year, winding down combat in the Taliban heartland and testing the U.S. view that Afghan forces are capable of leading the fight against a battered but not yet beaten insurgency in the country's southwestern reaches, senior U.S. military officers say.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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