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...dash across the field and pause for breath. When we reach the base, it's already daybreak. A sense of euphoria kicks in. Some faces are pale, others flushed. Some Marines light cigarettes and laugh about the night's adventures. The company has taken no casualties. "This has been really good for morale," says 2nd Lieut. Nathan Dmochowksi. "We have taken so much s___ from those positions." A couple of Marines flash sly smiles at me. "Stick around," says one of them. "This is only the beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life on the Front Lines | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...Israel to carry out a suicide bombing. Dan, 27, the burly commander of the reconnaissance unit of the Israeli army's Nahal Brigade, knew he had to strike fast. By the time his men could make it to Nablus, about 10 miles to the east, it would be nearly daybreak--and by then it might be too late. "If you're going after a suicide terrorist, you have to get to him immediately," he says. "Or else the next morning he'll be in Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The War On Hamas | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...Outwardly at least, Hanif did not seem dangerous. Neighbors saw him as a quiet, religious, hardworking man, who left home every morning at daybreak and returned late. In Chimatpada, where Hanif's auto-rickshaw sits covered in blue tarpaulin, there is now a sense of shock and bewilderment over the arrests. "We simply can't believe it," says Amir Jaha, who lives two blocks from the Hanifs. "They were just like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: House of Horror? | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

This coverage hasn’t always been well-received by athletes. I and others have received complaints that we are not supporting teams enough, that athletes are just students, after all, and complaints that ask us how dare we ever criticize people who get up at daybreak every morning and put hours into their sport...

Author: By Elijah M. Alper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: EA Sports: Making Virtue of Mediocrity | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...militants stunned the allies with their will to fight, inflicting dozens of casualties on coalition troops. Allied commanders said late last week the coalition had killed hundreds of Fedayeen and had begun rooting them out of the cities. Early Saturday, U.S. Marines backed by Cobra helicopter gunships launched a daybreak attack on Iraqi forces holed up in Nasiriyah, the contested city in southeastern Iraq that is vital to U.S. efforts to secure a passage for forces traveling north. U.S. forces say they destroyed several tanks. Some Fedayeen were still believed to be inside Nasiriyah, allegedly forcing civilians to send their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sticking To His Guns | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

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