ullets flew over the polling station, firefights erupted in the fields lining the network of canals and insurgents launched a rocket-propelled grenade into the main United States Marine base By noon there were reports that fewer than 100 people had voted in southern Marja, even though more than 1,000 people--all men--had registered in the area in recent weeks. The population of all of Marja is about 80,000. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.