Word: raid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...European, I am glad that President Carter has at last had the courage to try a military solution to the hostage crisis in Iran [May 12]. No doubt, in the aftermath of the abortive raid, he will be branded as "inept" more than ever before...
...failure of the raid was not his fault. It had a good chance of succeeding, and he should be admired for taking a positive stance. The first battle is often lost before final victory is attained...
...raid seems so childishly conceived that one must assume it was not intended to succeed. Was it Carter's Watergate, an attempt to selfdestruct...
...army-backed regime responded with a vengeance. First, a squad of 300 riot police launched a surprise raid against a Seoul university campus where student organizers had been meeting to plan new tactics; 18 suspected leaders were arrested. Simultaneously, 2,000 other police surrounded the school and detained other activists as they tried to run away. Then, within hours, the army's Martial Law Command proclaimed a broad crackdown that appeared to give the military all but official control over the country's political life. All schools were ordered closed until further notice. Political gatherings were banned. According...
...missed having their names inscribed on the clock-tower memorial at headquarters, the S.A.S.'s tribute to its fallen heroes. Alive or dead, commandos of this elite unit of the British army remain unknown to the world at large. Even when the heroes of the Princes Gate rescue raid are decorated for their feat, the ceremony will be kept secret...