Word: assaults
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expected the operation, they were nevertheless caught off guard. Brigadier General Khatab Omar Najim, commander of the 60th Iraqi Armor Brigade and now an Iranian prisoner of war, told a group of Western correspondents that on the second day of the offensive, his front lines were resisting a moderate assault when suddenly his headquarters in the rear came under attack. "My entire staff was captured," he said. Iranian military officials claim to have inflicted 20,000 casualties and captured 15,500 Iraqi troops of a force that initially numbered...
...possible attack on Palestine Liberation Organization strongholds in southern and central Lebanon. Such an invasion has been expected for weeks by both Arabs and Israelis. On Saturday, Lebanese President Elias Sarkis had talked with the American and Soviet Ambassadors to Lebanon in an effort to head off the assault. On Sunday, the Israeli Cabinet met for six hours. It discussed several security matters, including the unrest engendered by the shootings on the Temple Mount. It may also have reached a decision, after weeks of debate, on whether to launch the thrust into Lebanon...
...later, when police arrived, they found Goodman hiding in a room beneath the rock. He immediately surrendered, telling police: "I had to do it. They are killing my friends and relatives. I am taking revenge." Whatever his motive, his mental state or his political affiliations may have been, his assault on the Muslim holy place killed two people and wounded nine, and unleashed fury and passions throughout Jerusalem and the West Bank that resulted in injuries to as many as 100 more...
...nine undisturbed. A 4 a.m. foray by nine unidentified Crimson editors fell narrowly short of removing the offensive banner Friday morning, stopped only by the chance arrival of the Harvard police. But the Crimeds pledged to continue with unflagging effort, promising to be better prepared for their next assault Stay tuned...
Hussain, a former resident doctor at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and women's Hospital (BWH), is accused of the 1978 rape of one Waltham hospital patient and the sexual assault of another...