Word: disarrays
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Even more alarming, though, than the tensions that are sure to be inflamed by the arrival of Albanian "reinforcements" is the apparent disarray among the KFOR peacekeeping forces. A KFOR sweep to search for weapons on the Serb side of town Sunday broke down into chaos as Serbs accused the U.S. forces carrying out the raid of heavy-handedness, while the French contingent that commands the divided town apparently failed to maintain order - with the result that the Americans were eventually ordered to leave amid a volley of bricks and bottles hurled by protesters, leaving NATO looking decidedly ineffectual...
...greeted with the dilapidated remains of a washroom that was, at one time, fairly modern, but has long since fallen into disarray. The "No Smoking" sign has yellowed--perhaps due to cigarette smoke--and the supply of wet naps dried up ten people ago. Luckily, I'm male, and don't have to come into contact with the seat I'm standing over, and I indulge myself in what has to be done. I am, in the process, distracted by the warning label next to the smoke detector. "Tampering with the smoke detector," it reads, "is strictly prohibited." I take...
Ultimately, Harvard was able to overcome its fatigue and initial disarray and put away EMU by the score of 15-10 in the second game...
Luther and Johnny reportedly emerged as leaders in 1997, when other Karen fighters fled in disarray ahead of a massive government assault on the country's last unruly region. The Htoo twins told their villagers to stay and fight. "At one point there were just seven of them surrounded by Burmese troops," says Father Augustine, a Thai missionary who has frequent access to the twins. "Somehow they fought their way out, and some believe an army of spirits came to help them." After the twins' initial success, other guerrillas joined them, leading to more victories over the Burmese army. Soon...
...some of their men simply went underground, waiting for the right moment, and that moment came last weekend when they struck in a coordinated attack that has embarrassed Russia." For weeks the Chechens had been harassing the Russians forces behind their own lines at night. Then, realizing the disarray at the top of the Russian chain of command signaled by last Friday's temporary suspension of the assault on Grozny, the Chechens on Saturday broke through Russian lines and seized a number of towns and villages near Grozny occupied by federal troops, inflicting serious casualties and making a point about...