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...units and the CIA-led Iraq Survey Group, less than two miles away. The insurgents load three air-to-air rockets they have modified to launch from the ground, flash a signal with car headlights and disappear. A second team creeps in to fire the volley, while a security detail armed with assault rifles and machine guns forms a perimeter. Beyond these fighters, according to the cell's security chief, a ring of men with shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles and rocket-propelled grenades is watching for U.S. helicopters that might try to stop the assault...
...back. His plan is set. "God is great," he intones. The three rockets ignite at 2sec. intervals and screech away into the dark. In a matter of minutes, the raid is over. The firing team picks up the launch frame and loads it into the waiting cars. The perimeter detail melts into surrounding fields. The vehicles fan out to take team members--and the reporter--away. According to the insurgents, U.S. helicopters cased the field in vain after the cell left. "We move here with no problem," says Abu Ali. "This is the lie of American power." (A U.S. military...
During the forum, officers from the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) spoke in further detail about last week’s attack...
...with each other onscreen throughout Greenwood’s performances, and in between songs she joins in their conversations, delivering her lines during carefully scripted silences. Such moments reveal how meticulously planned the seemingly spontaneous performances really are. Greenwood’s expert execution implies an exacting level of detail in editing, audiovisual synchronization and scripting, as animation, bits of television commercials, and cardboard cutouts all appear throughout the videos...
...their campaign has been characterized by the clean-cut reputation and attention to detail Mahan has been known for on the council. But the two also hope to sell long-term visions, show they’re willing to confront the University and combat perceptions that they are insider candidates incapable of reform...