Word: flown
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...Chalabi had been flown into Nasiriyah by the U.S. military during the last week of the war, his Pentagon backers perhaps hoping their man could steal a march on his rivals by taking charge of security arrangements on the ground in cities captured by the coalition. Instead, however, it appears to be the religious structures of the Shiite clergy - with which the U.S. has, at best, an awkward relationship - that have come to the fore, being the only coherent national organizational structure once the war left the Baath Party and the security services in disarray. Shiite Islam, unlike the Sunni...
...stepparent's assumption of responsibilities. For Jay Hill, 41, his mother Sunny's remarriage last summer was a relief and even an inspiration. After his father died in August 2000, Sunny, then 65, showed signs of closing down. "Suddenly, she was nervous to fly because she'd always flown with my dad," Hill recalls. But instead of retreating, Sunny began making romantic overtures to Maury, 68, her new neighbor in Kalamazoo, Mich. In contrast to Hill's father, who had been disabled for nearly a decade before his death, Maury was highly active. He and Sunny took up dancing, skiing...
...Khoei's return to An Najaf. Al-Khoei was reported to have taken a pro-Western position, and was working to rally support among Shiite clerics for the U.S.-led transition process. At the time of his murder, he had been due to address a group of Arab journalists flown to the town by the U.S. military - and had been expected to cast the U.S.-led invasion in a positive light. But his security had been provided by his own supporters - U.S. troops are forbidden from entering the mosque...
...been the U.S. helicopter that had just dodged fire coming from his house. "I don't know who shot us," says Abbas, who has a white bandage wrapped around his head. "But I know the Americans saved my life." Abbas was picked up by a Black Hawk helicopter and flown to the base. His wife is in the hospital with him. His brother was evacuated to the Comfort. The five kids in the car all were killed...
After those words were sent, someone took a sledgehammer to the machinery. The ambassador and CIA chief were flown out by 5 a.m., and the last official American presence--11 Marines--waited for a helicopter on the roof. Around them, chaos had blossomed: Saigon was burning, the communists were nearing, and thousands of South Vietnamese were trying to flee with the Americans. Hours earlier, one man had tried to put his baby on an embassy bus, as ABC's Ken Kashiwahara recalls in the oral history Tears Before the Rain. Kashiwahara watched as the man fell...