Word: snipering
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Increasingly frustrated, federal authorities are talking of forcible ways to end the siege. They are believed to be considering using tear gas and other nonlethal chemicals, trying to shoot Koresh by sniper fire through a window, or crumbling a corner of the building by ramming tanks or other armored vehicles into it. But they worry about harming the 17 children thought to be inside. In practice, any use of force would have to be approved by the White House, which has let it be known that it is watching closely and hopes for a nonviolent solution. So the feds probably...
...misery breeds solidarity, even with Serbs. Dusanka Lazavic, 51, a Serb, saw the Bosnian police drag her husband away in June as a suspected sniper; she figures he is dead by now. Yet she stood in line last week at a food- distribution center with her Bosnian Muslim neighbors. Like them, she gets two half-slices of bread for elderly relatives. "We share every piece of bread, every cigarette," she says. "But we're all reaching the point where we can't go on much longer...
...intent and, by offering help to all, evenhanded in scope. In night after night of high-altitude cargo clearing missions, U.S. C-130 aircraft parachuted tons of goods to the republic's warring multiethnic residents. But the rain of relief had unpleasant consequences. Not only did it make sniper targets out of many who ventured out to retrieve it, but it may also have helped provide cover for a massive new Serbian offensive against Bosnia's Muslim minority...
...Mleczko, sister of current sophomore defender Winkie, heads the list of potential recruits. "A true sniper," in Dooley's words, Mleczko attends Taft School in Connecticut and dominates the Constitution State's private school league...
...seemingly endless minutes, U.S. forces directed a massive array of firepower from AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters, M1A1 Abrams tanks and amphibious assault vehicles, all aimed at two arsenals controlled by warlord General Mohammed Farrah Aidid in the Somali capital's northwest. The offensive was ostensibly in retaliation for sniper fire at U.S. troops, but the blazing-gun approach carried a clear warning to Somalia's increasingly bold gunmen that they continue to lurk and menace at their peril. Perhaps 21 Somalis were killed in the confrontation, the bloodiest since Operation Restore Hope began five weeks...