Word: counterattacks
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...times the number flattened by 1992's Hurricane Andrew, then the worst storm to hit the U.S. The unexpected devastation wrought by Katrina (and the financial losses incurred by the insurance companies) plunged the industry into a reassessment of strategies and priorities that could aid the world's counterattack against global warming. The insurance business has long prided itself on taking a lead on social matters - as when, for example, the U.S. industry pushed for the establishment of official fire departments in the 19th century. More recently, British firms lobbied hard for better funding of flood defenses as part...
That kind of retaliation could quickly transform a relatively limited U.S. mission in Iran into a much more complicated one involving regime change. An Iran determined to use all its available weapons to counterattack the U.S. and its allies would present a challenge to American prestige that no Commander in Chief would be likely to tolerate for long. Zinni, for one, believes an attack on Iran could eventually lead to U.S. troops on the ground. "You've got to be careful with your assumptions," he says. "In Iraq, the assumption was that it would be a liberation, not an occupation...
...Mary’s] was really good at sending those through balls into the box,” Mann said. “Against Northeastern the team just had one one-on-one opportunity after another.” During the first half, Mann shined against the counterattack attempts, coming off her line to make three key stops on possible breakaways. Mann also came up with a diving save on a shot from six feet out during the 26th minute, deflecting the point-blank St. Mary’s strike out wide. While Mann was quiet during the second half...
...With the Democrats declaring this year's mid-term elections a referendum on Republican corruption, you would have expected a full-scale Republican counterattack against Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson after the FBI raided his offices Saturday night. But instead, the latest developments in the unfolding Jefferson saga have brought the two parties together for once, with both Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress agreeing on one thing: FBI raids on their offices are bad and dangerous things...
...Marwan and his cell arrived in the afternoon of the first day's fighting, he says, but there was a lull while they waited for a counterattack that night. His job was to help defend the Abu Hanifa mosque, he says, and when combat resumed the next morning that's what he did. "We heard they were coming," he says of the Iraqi troops, "so we took our positions and started shooting at them from near the mosque. We used PKC [machine guns], RPGs, grenades, everything." The men of the 101st Airborne's MiTT have no reason to doubt...