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...Hilferty said, "knew how to put people at ease and how to make them laugh. His daughters Rachel, 5, Alexandra, 22 months, and wife Andrea are left only with memories." Fifteen minutes later, Hilferty wrapped up the session with the two sentences that close every briefing: "The hunt continues. The war in Afghanistan is not over...
...death, she blames everyone and everything: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for supporting terrorists; Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for failing to bring the peace he promised in his election campaign; the U.S. for urging restraint upon Israel for months and now for wanting Israel to cease its efforts to hunt down bomber cells in Palestinian towns. A few weeks after the bombing, Dagan went to see the dress her daughter had picked out at a shop on a Jerusalem street that has repeatedly been targeted by suicide bombers. Danit had told her it was going to be like Princess Diana...
...These days, what the ISI does and does not do is more critical than ever. Intelligence sources in Islamabad say that hundreds of al-Qaeda operatives are still hiding in Pakistan. To hunt them down, American investigators need the ISI. Last week, according to tribal elders, about 40 U.S. commandos set up base in the Pakistani tribal town of Miramshah near the frontier with Afghanistan, following intelligence reports that bin Laden might be holed up nearby. Officially, Pakistan denies that U.S. special forces crossed into its tribal borderlands. Whether American troops are on the ground or not, Washington must depend...
...When the hunt ends with a mass shootout between the remaining posses within the next week, the winner will take away prize money and a sense of glory...
Local color adds tremendously to the novel; rather than set the tale in a generic Anytown, U.S.A., Montgomery places the action square in Baltimore. The reader will be delighted by small details like the Light Rail transit line and Dick’s Sporting Goods in Hunt Valley Mall (where one can actually buy paintball gear). Institutions and landmarks like the Baltimore Orioles and the Gunpowder River are not simply bandied about to lend an air of authenticity. Attention to such detail is crucial, as Montgomery uses his familiarity with fisherman’s lingo and military life to good...