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...members of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (l.t.t.e.), attacked a navy base near the picturesque Sri Lankan town of Galle. The raid?which destroyed two naval speedboats and killed one sailor?came just 72 hours after 100 sailors died in a suicide attack on a naval convoy, the deadliest in the nation's history. This violence dims hopes for a cease-fire in Sri Lanka's civil war, and further threatens its vital tourism industry, ravaged by war and by the 2004 tsunami. Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike says the attack near Galle?a major tourist destination?could have...
...died an ordinary death, at least by today's standards in Iraq: a roadside bomb exploded as she led her platoon in a convoy south of Baghdad on Sept. 12. But what makes this death so difficult to understand even against Iraq's constant churn of violence is just how extraordinary this particular soldier...
...deadliest threat to U.S. troops despite a multibillion-dollar campaign to neutralize them. More than any other element in Iraq, roadside bombs have spread the dangers of war evenly from frontline soldiers to support personnel. Perez, who was a Medical Service Corps officer, had survived several convoy attacks before the one that killed her, according to Ramirez-Raphael. After one of those, a mutual friend from West Point happened to be in the quick-reaction force that arrived on the scene. "He told me that Emily held her own [in securing the location]," says Ramirez-Raphael. Perez, she says...
...died an ordinary death in Iraq, at least by today's standards: a roadside bomb exploded as she led her platoon in a convoy south of Baghdad on Sept. 12. But what makes this death so difficult in a sea of violence is just how extraordinary this particular soldier...
...medical corps, Ramirez-Raphael says that Perez "knew she would probably be deployed before the huah! infantry set were. She told me, 'I'll be there and back before those guys even get their boots in the sand.'" Ramirez-Raphael says that Perez had already survived several previous convoy attacks in Iraq. After one of those incidents, a mutual friend from West Point happened to be in the Quick Reaction Force that came in to secure the scene. "He told me that Emily held her own [afterwards]," says Ramirez-Raphael...