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Since the firefight, the U.S. has conducted its operations in Pakistan with more discretion; at the airstrip in Jacobabad, U.S. aircraft now land only at night, without the aid of runway lights. American servicemen on motorcycles race up the strip to guide the gunships in. That has added another hazard to the difficult job of locating bin Laden and the Taliban leadership and going for their throats. British intelligence believes the bombing campaign has flushed bin Laden out of his hiding places, providing opportunities for prying eyes to fix his location and sell the information to the U.S. The forces...
Firearms and airplanes are a dangerous mix. Even the best-trained professionals can miss their targets, and a well-intentioned shot aimed at a hijacker might easily find an innocent passenger instead. Just imagine a firefight on a crowded passenger jet. A few shots ring out and hysteria sets in. It would be close to impossible to take out a hijacker without at least the risk of a few civilian deaths...
Mogadishu Oct. 3, 1993 Bin Laden has hinted his men killed 18 Army Rangers in a firefight in the Somali capital during U.S. operations there. No firm evidence...
...burial, Gul says the authorities are claiming that Nadiya and Yusuf were caught in cross fire between security forces and separatist rebels. But he and other villagers are adamant there was no firefight. They say a policeman protecting the homes of minority Sikhs discharged his rifle by accident and the soldiers, on patrol nearby, thought they were under fire. "Even if there was a militant attack, who did they kill?" asks Nadiya's father, Nazir. His wife, Misra, looks at a picture of her dead daughter and begins to cry again...
...Five days after the tourists were taken, Philippine soldiers in Basilan stumbled across the kidnappers as the hostages were taking a morning wash in a jungle river. It was the start of a small war. After the first firefight, 2 soldiers were killed and 14 wounded, while up to 12 guerrillas were left dead or injured. According to a source inside the group, the Abu Sayyaf held a meeting in mid- battle to decide whether they should start killing their captives. "Maybe we will stage an execution," Abu Sabaya told a local radio station via cell phone, adding: "Welcome...