Marines Of Operation Godfather See Stark Improvement In Deadly Helmand Province -- Washington PostGARMSIR, AFGHANISTAN - The Marines strode single-file across dusty farmland that the Taliban had controlled days earlier, facing little resistance beyond a boy who said, "Please, don't step on the poppies."
Not a single bullet was fired in the first few days of Operation Godfather, a 400-man offensive conducted with Afghan forces to clear out the last insurgent haven along the central Helmand River valley in Afghanistan's Garmsir district.
Marine officers concluded that the show of force beginning Friday - helicopters rushing through the sky, trucks hauling ready-to-be-built bridges, and convoys spanning the desert horizon - had caused the Taliban to back down.
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