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...unyielding and persistent demeanor on the court. “I think Oliver’s presence and his fight and his guts and his spirit make him a little bit different than the normal freshman,” Amaker said. “He’s a fighter. If we can have that remain a part of his identity throughout his tenure, I think he’s going to have a fine career.”As point guard, McNally enjoys the opportunity to play with undamaged senior Drew Housman, senior Andrew Pusar, and junior Jeremy...
...that the movement took control of Gaza in 2007. Hamas officials say they have no military wing in Lebanon, but last month, a fight broke out in Shatila when Fatah men discovered Hamas moving weapons into the camp. In a different camp in southern Lebanon last month, Fatah fighters were taken by surprise when confronted by well-trained Hamas fighters. "They had a military plan, they were well-armed, they screamed "Allahu Akbar," and they were very brutal," says one Fatah man involved in that clash. And one Hamas fighter told TIME that he and others members from the group...
...Israeli attacks on Gaza. He offered them a lesson they are unlikely to forget. "In the past, Jews used to kill us, and no one defended us," he explained. "Today, if the Jews kill us, we kill them." Later, Makdah - who was born in Lebanon and has been a fighter since the age of 12 - vowed that Palestinian leaders negotiating with Israel would never trade away the right of return. "No peace agreement can survive if there is one refugee outside the homeland," he said. The Palestinians' long, dismal wait seems doomed to continue...
...never get that far. I'm a lover, not a fighter...
What all these attacks have in common is their psychological impact. The 2007 air strike established that the LTTE had become the first guerrilla organization in the world to have its own air force. These aren't fighter planes, however. They are light propeller planes reportedly put together from parts smuggled into the country. But they are enough to carry out small-scale bombing raids. "Even though the government claimed that the Tiger's air attacks inflicted little damage, the psychological advantage the LTTE has won has served to significantly boost the rebels' morale and could embolden them to step...