Word: daybreak
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...convoy of humvees and Bradleys rumbled toward the action. More than 200 troops emerged from the choppers at the edge of Qubah, and the Apaches began strafing targeted insurgent positions. Street fights broke out as insurgents caught sight of the Americans. Qubah was largely secured not long after daybreak, with U.S. soldiers marking numbers on the necks of men and hands of women to keep track of residents during lockdown. Some 16 insurgents lay dead, but the bloodshed would continue through Sunday. The Apaches would kill 12 more suspected insurgents after some of them were seen triggering roadside bombs against...
...going to look further for the gold and weapons.'' They locked me into the dining room. I resigned myself to the possibility of the total destruction of my home. Pulling three dining chairs together, I lay down on the cushions. I dozed despite the shouting and arguing outside. At daybreak, a woman Revolutionary said to me, ''You are not allowed to go $ out of the house anymore. The Red Guards will take turns watching you.'' I was astonished and angry. I asked her, ''What authority have you to keep me confined to the house?'' ''I have the authority...
...switch off the light at night. In future, when you want to speak to the guards, just say, 'Report.' Don't knock on the door. Don't say anything else.'' I lay down again and turned to the dusty wall to avoid the light. Just before daybreak, the electric light in the cell was switched off. In the darkness, the dirt and ugliness of the room disappeared. I could imagine myself elsewhere. During all the years I spent in that prison cell, the short time of darkness after the light was switched off and before daybreak was always a moment...
...often lethargic standards of troops fighting long-running jungle wars, this N.P.A. platoon seems hyperactive. At 4 a.m., hours before daybreak, its soldiers are performing drills and martial arts in flip-flops and bare feet, then practicing grenade throwing with rocks from a nearby river. Their entire week is plotted out: from Monday to Friday, there's military and medical training, plus basic education and indoctrination sessions; weekends are devoted to food production and cultural activities. Even off duty, the platoon stays on message, gathering around a guitar to sing rebel songs or-possibly for the benefit of the platoon...
...York when both were stoned and ended up on a rooftop. David told me that while Wieners intoned “fire, fire” all night hitting every possible sound combination, David was standing over him threatening bodily harm; I was told this situation continued until daybreak. John, of course, continued...