Word: hit-and-run
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...wild card in this latest flare-up is al-Sadr, who fought two insurrections with the Americans in 2004. He lost both military battles, but emerged each time politically stronger than before. The areas around Kut, Karbalah and Najaf to the south of Baghdad have seen hit-and-run attacks on American forces, the most recent on Monday resulting in the destruction of a Humvee and the death of an American soldier. Mahdi Army forces loyal to Sadr are widely blamed for these attacks...
...outstanding warrant in his name. Police then arrested Gary Dare, 21, of Mattapan, Mass. 4:42 p.m.—An officer reported to the Biology Research building on 16 Divinity Ave. because two individuals reported that they had been hit by a snowball. Police arrived but neither the two complainants—nor the hit-and-run snowball-thrower—were found. 10:55 p.m.—An officer took note of a past report of an assault at Sever Hall. The two victims alleged that they were verbally attacked, and one reported that...
...Iranian Revolutionary Guard's base in Ahvaz, Iran. Although U.S. and British officers think it unlikely the soldiers were killed on orders from Revolutionary Guard officers, they agree that the slayings fit within the Iranian generals' broad guidelines to bog coalition forces down in sporadic hit-and-run attacks...
From his vantage point overlooking the hit-and-run militia battles in the streets below, Waite shouted an apt observation last week from an open window. When a television reporter called up to him, "What do you plan to do now?" Waite replied, "Take cover. This seems to be normal life in Beirut." Indeed it was, and so was the problem of the kidnapings to which Waite had so boldly addressed himself. --By William E. Smith. Reported by Dean Fischer/Cairo and Erik Amfitheatrof/Malta
...forgotten partners. It is obvious but often overlooked: for every teenage mother there is a father, usually a teenager who finds himself treated as an outsider, receiving none of the solicitous attention that occasionally attends the mother and child. These fathers are usually depicted as churlish scamps, irresponsible hit-and-run artists out to prove their sexual prowess without a thought for the consequences. Until recently, no one even seemed to factor the father into the situation. But with the surge of concern about teenage mothers, several groups and studies have taken a closer look at teenage fathers. Their findings...