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assault. its fertile land is ripe for farming poppies, and that keeps the drug trade alive and strong. where else would we go? it s the only place left in the area of operations that we are not in. i think it s fairly inevitable. there is a certain strength in the culture from sitting you know, from laying it out there and saying, hey, we are coming. deal with it. nearly 100,000 people live in marjih. it s an example of general mccrystal s strategy to try and gain their trust. i think going base strong fast will reduce the opportunities for civilian casualties. our guys are well trained. i think we have demonstrated over the last ten months, we get it. the coalition says they are preparing for a bloody battle

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in afghanistan, nato forces are about to launch their largest offensive since this war began. so why are we telling you this? that s because the allied troops want the taliban to know they re coming. cnn senior international correspondent nic robertson is joining me this morning in london to explain the talk strategy. nic, whatever happened just to the element of surprise? why are they coming out and saying we re on our way? reporter: i think the element of surprise has gone out of the window for several reasons. one is the taliban have a pretty good way of knowing when an operation is dawning, especially something of this size. because the shaping operation that s going on right now, the moving in of troops sort of in a perimeter area to seal off the area of the operation, that becomes very clear to them. as well, since general stanley mcchrystal took over command of nato troops last summer, he s made it a priority to try and minimize afghan casualties.

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this is a tough mission, there is nothing easy about it. reporter: general petraeus was said to have detailed discussions with keoy officials including commanders on the ground here. he met with the president of afghanistan and that will be key in showing unity between the afghan government, the forces and the international community. that is something that general stanley mccrystal spent a year working on. and now it is general petraeus turn to do the same. thank you so much for that update coming from kabul. all right argentina suffered a painful loss at the world cup. and later, you know her as an icon of the 70s, pam greer

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type of senior official visiting with his spouse. thank you so much on that. from the vice president and other congressional leaders here in this country. secretary of state, hillary clinton stopped in poland today and announced a major pledge. $15 million to help preserve one of the more notorious concentration camps in europe. more than one million people perished at the camp in world war i, congress still has to approve that donation. after the deadliest month in afghanistan and the removal of general mccrystal, a change of command. general petraeus is officially on the job. she is joining us now from kabul. hi, there, it was general petrae

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