Word: gunfights
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...recent suicide bombing near Tel Aviv in which two Israelis were killed. ITALY Mamma Mafia Two carloads of gangsters sped through the southern town of Lauro di Nola, exchanging gunfire and terrifying passers by. When the cars stopped, members of two organized-crime families jumped out and started a gunfight that left three dead and five injured. What was really remarkable was that all the shooters were women, members of the Cava and Graziano families that have spent 30 years battling for control of local extortion and drug trafficking rackets. ALGERIA Tainted Victory The campaign to elect Algeria...
...Zubaydah, the master Al Qaeda strategist wounded and captured in a gunfight in Pakistan last month, has made it abundantly clear to the American military and intelligence personnel who visit his hospital bed that "he isn't a big fan of ours," a U.S. official says sardonically. So last week, when the Palestinian fanatic, on the mend at a secret U.S. facility overseas, declared that among the next targets of Osama Bin Laden's terror cells would be U.S. banks along the Eastern seaboard, the Americans were inclined to wonder if he was merely taunting them. "He's a smart...
...ordered to hold out until after dark, when evacuation would be possible. It was still only 7 a.m. Grippe's team spent the day fighting off Taliban and al-Qaeda incursions. "My men were whacking people from 400 to 500 meters," he said, "but there were also gunfights. We're talking nose to nose." Incessant mortar fire kept men pinned, squirming, to the ground. "With small arms, you can fight back," says Sergeant David Smith, who was hit twice. "But with mortars, you can't do anything much about it. We had to just lie on the ground and basically...
...ordered to hold out until after dark, when evacuation would be possible. It was still only 7 a.m. Grippe's team spent the day fighting off Taliban and al-Qaeda incursions. "My men were whacking people from 400 to 500 meters," he said, "but there were also gunfights. We're talking nose to nose." Incessant mortar fire kept men pinned, squirming, to the ground. "With small arms, you can fight back," says Sergeant David Smith, who was hit twice. "But with mortars, you can't do anything much about it. We had to just lie on the ground and basically...
...accords, which were negotiated under a dovish government. He immediately delivered on his vow, sending his troops, backed by tanks, into West Bank towns to arrest 50 suspected militants. For good measure, Israeli fighter planes and helicopter gunships blasted buildings belonging to Arafat's various security forces. In a gunfight near Nablus, Israeli troops killed six Palestinian policemen...