Word: firefight
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...worst weeks in Ulster's history, an enduring political solution seemed as far away as ever. Following the murder of the ten Protestants, two bombs exploded in Belfast (no casualties were reported), a youth was murdered in an alleyway in a Protestant area, and a 15-minute firefight was waged between gunmen in County Monaghan in the Irish Republic and British soldiers across the border in County Tyrone...
...give myself up," he had told a relative a few days earlier. "I will die like a soldier." Some time after nightfall, Fourth Division troops under Mengistu's command attacked Aman's house with tanks, armored cars, bazookas and machine guns, and in the ensuing two-hour firefight the general was killed. Foreign observers in Addis Ababa speculated that certain members of the council may then have panicked and ordered the mass executions to take place immediately in an effort to diffuse the impact of Aman's death...
...oilfields some day. Iran also has an inimical and testy neighbor in Iraq, which has been massively supplied with Soviet weaponry. The forces of the two states frequently clash head-on along the border. In the most recent skirmish last spring, Iran lost 42 men in a fierce firefight but killed at least 39 Iraqis in return...
...William Wolfe, 22, the son of a Pennsylvania anesthesiologist and one of those slain in the Los Angeles firefight. In a soft and calm tone, Patty said that her relationship with Wolfe, whom she called "Cujo," was founded on a "commitment to the struggle and our love for the people." She added: "He taught me the truth. We loved each other so much. His love for the people was so deep that he was willing to give his life for them. The name Cujo means 'unconquerable.' It was the perfect name...
...deadline approached, the Israelis pleaded for more time, but the commandos refused, saying that they had no authorization to extend the limit. At 5:27, General Gur gave the order to open fire on the school. The firefight lasted only twelve minutes, but as Gur said later, "they were the longest minutes of my life." Israeli soldiers under a barrage of fire managed to reach the explosives and neutralize them. One of the three Palestinians was immediately killed by sniper fire. Another was wounded, but was still able to toss grenades and fire his automatic weapon pointblank at the screaming...