Word: blasting
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...leader accepted the honor of detonating the explosives ringing Saddam's statue. With a thunderous blast Najaf's most visible symbol of Saddam's regime toppled in a heap of twisted metal. People ran from the side streets cheering and climbing over the wreckage, enjoying the giddiness of the moment. One Iraqi approached Brigadier General Benjamin Freakley, assistant commander of the 101st Airborne. "Kill Saddam," he said, and spat on the ground. Then he added, "Now we can have satellite...
...fourth, Brotemarkle had the misfortune of letting two Big Red hitters from the bottom of the order reach base. When Brotemarkle hit the top of the order, Cornell leadoff hitter Erin Sweeney made her pay with a three-run blast...
...killing, as lawyers in the region called for an investigation. Clash of Faiths Philippines Three Muslim mosques in the city of Davao on the southern island of Mindanao were attacked soon after a bomb at a ferry terminal killed 16 people and injured more than 50. The blast followed one at Davao airport last month, which killed 23 people and was blamed by authorities on Muslim separatist guerrillas. Police threw a security cordon around the city as fears grew of a spiral of religious violence in the previously peaceful area. meanwhile in swaziland ... The Lights Are Out One correspondent found...
...minutes, it seemed that every window along the ridge was spitting out machinegun bullets. Hoping to keep collateral damage to a minimum, Battalion commander LTC Chris Hughes called on his TOWs to silence the enemy guns. The TOW is a wire guided anti-tank missile with a powerful blast, and those available to LTC Hughes' forces are fitted with the new ITAS sites that allow the user to see an enemy's trigger finger 3,000 meters away in the dark...
...blast of fire and smoke the building vanished as two 500 lb bombs smashed through its center...