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...reputation for tunnels and safe rooms and secrets, the soldiers knew to scrape the paint off the walls in the event he was hiding behind them. So they cordoned off the area and took out their tweezers, searching every corner. On the premises there was a small, walled compound with a mud hut and a metal lean-to. There they found the entrance to the hole, camouflaged with dirt and bricks, with just enough space to lie down, a fan and an air vent. It appears he had been shuttled around in an orange-and-white taxi. U.S. ground-forces...
...spokesmen said the damage was caused by secondary explosions from the hidden arsenal. But villagers told TIME that a U.S. bomb hit the wrong house, 50 yards from the militant's. And one villager said Jalani escaped in a burqa when the U.S. troops allowed women to leave his compound before bombing...
...village) houses on the western edge of the island, perched next to a field of reeds, and known collectively as the Bon Ton Resort, tel: (60-4) 955 6787. Australian owner Narelle McMurtrie purchased the antique Malay villas from islanders, dismantled them, then reassembled them on her 1.5-hectare compound. You can choose to stay in the century-old Black Coral, 60-year-old Yellow Orchid (formerly the home of a fisherman), the painstakingly restored 80-year-old White Frangipani or the equally venerable Blue Ginger...
...spokesmen said the damage was caused by secondary explosions from the hidden arsenal. But villagers told TIME that a U.S. bomb hit the wrong house, 50 meters from the militant's. And one villager said Jalani escaped in a burqa when the U.S. troops allowed women to leave his compound before bombing...
...reputation for tunnels and safe rooms and secrets, the soldiers knew to scrape the paint off the walls in the event he was hiding behind them. So they cordoned off the area and took out their tweezers, searching every corner. On the premises there was a small, walled compound with a mud hut and a metal lean-to. There they found the entrance to the hole, camouflaged with dirt and bricks, with just enough space to lie down, a fan and an air vent. It appears he had been shuttled around in an orange-and-white taxi. U.S. ground-forces...