Word: raiding
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...bombed a variety of Palestinian and Syrian military positions along the Beirut-Damascus highway, also hitting several Druze and Christian villages in the Chouf Mountains. The Israelis were angrily striking out at some of their enemies, though not necessarily the ones who had staged the terrorist raid. Islamic Jihad (Holy War), a virtually unknown organization that may be Shi'ite and may have links to the fanatical organization that staged the murderous strikes on U.S. and French positions in Beirut, claimed responsibility for the latest attack...
Another Cornell student, Nick Acker, said, "No one even suspected it was going on at Cornell." The raid, however, came as no surprise to the University administrators. Mull said, because they were probably informed of FBI plans beforehand...
...vigilante raid is only the most dramatic expression of frustration felt by hundreds of students who, a month after dorms opened, had yet to receive telephone service. Lines have yet to be installed in parts of Leverett and Adams Houses. Officials have blamed the delays on the House renovations, as well as the phone strike which was settled in late August and created a backlog in services...
...Salvador. While both sides went through the motions of peacemaking in Bogotá, they still hoped to gain a decisive edge on the battlefield. Crawling through cornfields, tobacco patches and shoulder-high brush, squads of guerrillas staged a surprise early-morning raid against several army outposts near the hilltop town of Tenancingo, 17 miles northeast of San Salvador. After two hours of fighting, frightened townspeople, many of whom were hiding under their beds, heard approaching army helicopters. They were soon followed by spotter planes and three U.S.-supplied A-37B Dragonfly jets...
...guerrillas escaped with at least 20 casualties. Salvadoran military officials claimed that government pilots had not intended to strike the town center and had been misdirected by insurgents using captured radios. The commander who led the counterattack apologized to the people of Tenancingo, explaining that the brutal bombing raid had been an "exception." Nevertheless, the incident was bound to set back government efforts to pacify and repopulate wartorn areas of the country. It was also sure to draw the wrath of U.S. congressional critics...