Word: commandeering
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Insurgents had been using the building as a command center. U.S. troops secured the area after an intense fire fight. Insurgents reportedly tried a counterattack but failed...
During the fight for Baghdad, Marine Lt. Seth W. Moulton ’01 watched a soldier under his command come under artillery fire...
...Someone like [Summers] could command at least 10 times what he’s making at Harvard if he were head of a similar-sized for-profit organization,” Cotton said...
...Militarily, of course, the insurgents may be forced to adapt their operating methods in the wake of losing Fallujah, which had functioned as a sanctuary that could provide a center for logistics, training and command for operations throughout northern Iraq and the capital. And the fact that a large-scale offensive in Mosul has followed so hard on the heels of Fallujah suggests U.S. commanders are determined to keep the guerrillas on the back foot and prevent the emergence of any new sanctuaries in which they're allowed to operate unmolested. Battles are likely to rage throughout the mostly Sunni...
...tipped off the rebels who massacred 49 Iraqi trainees last month. Speaking privately, military officers in Washington concede that Iraqi forces will not be ready to carry out major offensives until late 2005 or early 2006 at best. "I don't care who is President," says a U.S. Central Command officer involved in Iraq planning. "This is--and is going to be--a largely U.S. show...