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...south provided Pashtun tribes with advice, ammunition and weapons. But the immediate goal was to divine bin Laden's location with enough precision for the U.S. to deploy its forces--either technological or human, in the air or down into a cave--to deliver the final blow. All week American troops manned checkpoints on the roads running through former Taliban country, seeking clues to bin Laden's coordinates. Special-ops commandos plied Taliban lieutenants on the leadership penumbra with cash in exchange for secrets about al-Qaeda leaders' movements. While the informants could not deliver the exact address, they knew...
...good guys, on the other hand, do their utmost to protect civilians during times of war. They use laser-guided “smart bombs” to make sure that they blow up only military installations and not civilians. Along with their explosives, they also drop thousands of tasty treats, ensuring that the poor people living behind enemy lines do not starve. They are even kind enough to halt bombing on the enemy’s weekly holy...
...Edgar Hoover sat at the prosecution table. The press was excluded, except one day when reporters were allowed in while proceedings were in recess so they could see the setup. There was still no revelation that Dasch and his roommate had cooperated. Their plan had been to blow up factories, bridges, an aircraft manufacturing plant and other sites, and they were charged with sabotage and espionage. All 8 were convicted, and all were sentenced to death...
...FOILED TERRORIST ATTACK] Beghal described a plan to blow up the U.S. embassy in Paris. An earlier plot, uncovered last December, targeted Strasbourg cathedral...
Around her face, she wrapped an embroidered green scarf; her lips were painted red. By the time she had passed the turnip and tomato stalls of Yang-e-Qale town, a crowd of jeering men had formed. It was a woman who delivered the first blow, then the men joined in, pelting her with stones. Children finished the job by kicking up swirls of yellow dust, as she lay on the ground shielding her exposed face...