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| | Marines prepare Iraqi security forces North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Commander of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment Col. Gregg Olsen, center, and members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps Col. Nawar, left, General Akeed, second from left, and Lt. Col. |
 | | Olson is commander of the more than 1,000 Marines and sailors of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment task force, which arrived in Fallujah a week ago. |
 | | Olson promised to help recruit, train and equip the new force which, for now, seems no match for the ruthless insurgent network that has recently escalated the fighting from random hit-and-run attacks and remote-controlled bombings to bold, daytime military assaults. |
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