forces were on the ground at that time, jose. >> jim miklaszewski, thank you very much. turning back to michael kay, former se eer senior british of. that is an area that you and jim are telling us has a lot of activity, a lot of economic activity with the opium fields that have been there for hundreds of years, but that are a key part of the taliban's financial infrastructure. >> yeah. the area is relatively close to the economic powerhouse of helmand province. and what's significant about marjah and the area, there are a number of villages that go from south to north, is that they are all effectively on the helmand river and the helmand river provides a lot of fertility to grow the opium plants. the opium plant bankrolls,