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...Muslims and Arabs around the world. It was in the thick undergrowth south of this border village that the seeds of the war between Israel and Hizballah were sown. On July 12, a squad of Hizballah fighters slipped across the border under the cover of a rocket barrage to snatch two Israeli soldiers. For Israel, it was one provocation too many from their Shi'ite Lebanese foes, and the order was given for a massive air and ground offensive against Lebanon, the largest since Israel's 1982 invasion. Days after the war began, Israeli forces crossed the border south...
...shell-scarred border road is Aitta Shaab, a bastion of Hizballah support, now deserted, which has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting between Israeli forces and Hizballah fighters. It was in the rolling brush-covered terrain south of the village that Hizballah fighters punched through the border fence to snatch two Israeli soldiers nearly a month ago, triggering Israel's onslaught against Lebanon...
...Mashhadani was stopped last month by 30 gunmen in a Shi'ite suburb. Al-Mashhadani and seven bodyguards were bundled into unmarked cars and driven away. An eighth bodyguard escaped and reported that the abductors had police-issue weapons. Al-Mashhadani hasn't been released. An even more audacious snatch came soon after: men in uniforms grabbed the chief of Iraq's Olympic Committee and 30 other sports officials. (Ten have been released, but the chief remains in captivity.) Men in uniform snatched 26 men last week from two offices less than a mile from TIME's house...
...familiar place but with an altogether new label at this year’s Sprints: that of underdog, one Harvard had shed in time to take the No. 1 seed into Sprints a year ago. The 2005 squad blitzed the field during the dual season to snatch the No. 1 ranking in the weeks before Sprints.This dual season was less dominant and more tumultuous, marked both by brilliance in bad weather and an uncharacteristic letdown in the final 20 strokes against Brown.With two dual losses, the Crimson varsity is seeded third behind favorite Princeton and Brown, the surprise...
...death squad claims are not far-fetched. Maj. Markos told TIME his men have previously "encountered unauthorized MOI elements" in Adhamiya conducting illegal "snatch-and-grab-type activities." He says, "The bottom line is I can't tell you definitely [what started last week's battle]. But nothing is black and white here and I would be lying to say the MOI is never here." He adds, "We're definitely going to look into" the charges of death-squad involvement. Intelligence officer Brandon admits the fusion of legitimate government forces with militia is a problem. "So many players are tied...