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...assault had begun in Ramadi two days earlier, when much of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines joined the élite 36th Battalion of the Iraqi National Guard and their U.S. special- forces advisers to raid seven mosques in the city. As in Fallujah, attempts to prop up a local government in Ramadi have faltered amid violence, kidnappings and assassinations. Military bases in both places are frequently mortared. Unlike in Fallujah, though, in Ramadi the Marines are a regular presence in the streets. And they are hit daily by a mostly invisible enemy, bountifully armed with improvised explosive devices (IEDS), rocket...
...full length of the car and sat down at the opposite end, soon joined by the only one of the four not wearing a similar hat. The other two gazed past us towards their associates. The doors snapped shut, and we headed into the tunnel bridging Pacific and 36th Streets...
...between us, I never saw his gun, and I barely heard the command, but I wasn’t about to forget the parental advice that had banished any notions of heroism from my head. The contents of my wallet and a digital camera later, the train pulled into 36th St. After the four fled, the conductor pulled out of the station, unobservant witnesses and Bad Samaritans...
Incoming freshman Lindsay Hart placed placed 27th in the 200-meter backstroke, while classmate Bridget O’Connor placed 36th and 43rd in the 200-meter and 100-meter butterfly, respectively...
...fourth consecutive season the Crimson swept the Thames River races, as it ran its dual meet record to 7-0—its second straight undefeated season. It was the 36th Harvard-Yale Regatta victory for Harry Parker, who has lost just six times in his 42 years as the men’s heavyweight coach...