SINCE their arrival in the city two years ago, Jennifer McCarron and Brandi Molitor have had more than their share of bad apartment luck.
President Karzai himself has drily remarked that there were almost no Taliban in Helmand until the British arrived, and that since their arrival the output of opium poppies has more than doubled along the Helmand river.
"They were planning criminal acts since their arrival".
The results since their arrival have been inconsistent at best.
Since their arrival, the couple have done a fair amount of general sprucing up.
Since their arrival, his inventive spirit has taken him further along his chosen, esoteric path.
Since their arrival on Saturday the Unhasu players have visited Versailles and the Louvre, accompanied by their North Korean minders.
Not a single marine in Diwaniya has been lost to hostile fire since their arrival in April.
They have become an inconspicuous presence, and the changes around town since their arrival have been subtle, too.
Problems aside, since their arrival, several of the men have spoken about their hopes of starting families.
Civilians describe the tension as unbearable and accuse the soldiers of rape and looting since their arrival last Thursday.
