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...battle began after U.S. troops, tipped off by a panicky rebel soldier at a roadblock, discovered a pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda stronghold of more than 60 men in the mountains. When U.S. troops fired on the rebels, they scattered quickly, and helicopters and bombers pummeled the area for 36 hours. An Afghan commander who took part in the fighting says 22 rebels were killed and 13 captured. By the weekend, troops were still pursuing rebels who had scrambled into the rocks...
...roadblock against BU [a 2-1 loss last Monday], and it didn’t seem that we were creating too much with some of our lines offensively,” Moore said. “It was time for a change...
...Blair projects confidence that a crisis point is imminent, at which either the inspectors find proof of continued weapons programs, or else the Iraqis throw up a roadblock to prevent them doing so. Both scenarios set the stage for a quick military response, but, failing that, the process as defined by the UN inspectors may not reach a conclusion within the time frame necessary to launch a war that could be won before the onset of the blistering Iraqi summer...
...grenades bulging under their tribal robes. They refused to allow Niazi to ride shotgun up front, where he had a chance to escape, and wedged him between two Uzbeks in the back. As the van neared the checkpoint where the ambush awaited, Niazi started to sweat. The police roadblock was hidden by a rocky hill, and when the driver took the curve, he had to slam hard on the brakes. About 70 cops were hidden behind large boulders on one side of the road and among the tombstones of a shady cemetery on the other. When a Pakistani officer approached...
Just as they believe faculty-military discussions of course credit would ease cadets’ lives, students in ROTC say allowing open recruitment on campus would help minimize what Smith calls the “roadblock to entry” represented by the MIT location...