Word: guerrillas
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...while you shouldn't expect a J. Crew commercial featuring clips of Malia and Sasha on the Capitol steps, the retailer probably won't sit on this news. Cohen suggests a word-of-mouth guerrilla marketing campaign - for example, a Facebook group promoting the girls in J. Crew that asks users to sign up as fans. "They have to practice the subtle art of selling," says Cohen. "Go out and create a buzz, and just have others do it for you." Chen says J. Crew will most likely send an e-mail to customers in its database - about 22 million...
...pharaonic regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba 50 years ago, it is that they managed to change the world—and that they have lasted. Armed more with romantic idealists than ammunition, including men of the calibre of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, the guerrilla movement led by Fidel Castro slowly but steadily challenged Batista’s rule in the late 1950s, promising an end to the dismal inequality and extreme poverty in Cuba. Following their victory, the revolutionaries became symbols of an enduring resistance against America and its values less than 100 miles from...
...there has been little sign of massive fight-to-the-finish confrontations. Retreating to remain intact in the face of a heavily armored enemy force supported by air power is a well-established part of the guerrilla-warfare playbook. The fact that so much of Hamas' military capability has not yet been committed to the confrontation underscores the fact that its leadership is not feeling desperate. Hamas leaders believe their key weapon is the mounting pile of civilian casualties and inevitable humanitarian crisis that accompanies military action in a densely populated urban setting. The longer the Israeli military operation endures...
...Gaza, Israeli military officials say they are ahead of schedule in achieving such objectives as securing positions on the clear ground around the main urban areas, especially Gaza City, in the north of the Gaza Strip. At the same time, they are receiving an early taste of the guerrilla tactics, including kidnapping attempts, that Israeli soldiers most fear...
...Capturing Mullaitivu will not be easy. The terrain is dense jungle, and government forces will face the most experienced of the Tigers' cadres. Even if Mullaitivu were to fall, the Tigers could simply move underground, returning to the guerrilla tactics such as suicide bombings which made them famous and have contributed to the conflict's enormous death toll: more than 65,000 deaths since 1983. "Even if you occupy Kilinochchi, you're not going to defeat the LTTE as such," says Gajan Ponnambalam, a member of parliament whose party, the Tamil National Alliance, is sympathetic to the LTTE. "They...