Search Details

Word: montasik (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2002-2002
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...carriers with heavy machine-guns mounted on the roof. "An attack can happen at any time, any place," warns army intelligence officer Captain Adrain Ade, an assault-rifle on his lap, as he scans passing villages for signs of rebel activity. His destination today is the distant village of Montasik, where another TNI platoon is camped out in a disused rice warehouse. Conditions are cramped and squalid, and the sense of siege is palpable. Platoon leader Captain Heri Sumitro says his men came under fire three weeks before, while patrolling the village. "We wanted to return fire but there were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back On The March | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

| 1 |