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...video then cuts to a silhouetted ridgeline overlooking the ammo dump. Neither U.S.vehicles nor attackers can be seen. The voice of someone counting down can be heard. One, two, three, and moments later a huge blast rips up from behind the ridge. Then explosions are heard and the fireworks begin. After some time someone off-camera makes a short speech in Arabic. Translated, it says: "The people who made this operation are from the few honored Iraqi mujahideen and we ask any honored Iraqis to defend this country and we can't accept any forces, Arab or foreigners, whoever...
...time," he said. "It's gonna go off." And then, referring to a mysterious "he," Wells added, "He pulled a key out and started a timer. I heard the thing ticking when he did it." Wells never said who "he" was. Moments after that there came a sharp blast, and Wells slumped over, dead...
...shock of the attacks on the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad and the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf when an explosion rocked the headquarters of the new Iraqi police force in Baghdad, killing one and injuring more than 20. Some Iraqis blamed loyalists of Saddam Hussein for the blast. But the bombing also bolstered fears about the deadly threat posed by small bands of foreign jihadists who have infiltrated the country with the intent of exploiting Iraqi discontent to launch a terror campaign aimed at driving the U.S. out of the country. While investigators have not yet fixed responsibility...
...senior midfielder Kevin Ara changed all that with a free-kick blast from 21 yards out with 4:10 remaining in the first half. Ara thundered the ball past both the URI wall and the outstretched hands of diving keeper Michael Charles to knot the game at one apiece...
Despite seizing the lead in the opening minutes of the first half when sophomore Allison Kaveney took a pass from co-captain left back Caitlin Fisher and sent a left-footed blast off the post and into the net, the Harvard women’s soccer team certainly did not control the momentum midway through the first half in its Harvard Invitational matchup yesterday against Maine...