Word: soldier
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...bandaged, al-Wahedi set off through the innards of Erez's security maze. He fumbled along tunnels, steel doors that opened and slammed as he passed along, entered a strange cylinder that fired a whoosh of air at him before he finally reached a large hall with an Israeli soldier sitting inside a bulletproof glass booth. Al-Wahedi showed his permit, explaining that he was due in surgery at 3:30 pm that afternoon...
...solution to Islamic terrorism, as the author sees it, is genuine peace in Palestine and an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, depriving jihadis of their ability to wage a moral war. "The presence of even one American soldier ... will trump any goodwill policy the United States attempts to carry out in the Middle East." He also recommends an end to the offering of rewards, publication of "most wanted" lists and staging of press conferences to proclaim the capture of top terrorists, since jihadis regard all these as badges of honor. It would be better, Sageman says, to treat terrorists like...
...solution to Islamic terrorism, as the author sees it, is genuine peace in the Palestinian territories and an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, depriving jihadis of their ability to wage a moral war. "The presence of even one American soldier ... will trump any goodwill policy the United States attempts to carry out in the Middle East," he writes. He also recommends an end to the offering of rewards, to the publication of most-wanted lists and to the staging of press conferences that proclaim the capture of top terrorists, since jihadis regard all these as badges of honor. It would...
...days the viet cong fired at Lieut. General Robert Haldane and his battalion from within the troops' own lines--then seemed to vanish in open terrain. After scouring the battlefield near Saigon, a soldier stumbled on an elaborately camouflaged trapdoor. Haldane's team had found the now infamous Cu Chi tunnels, a maze that at its peak went on for 155 miles (250 km) and now draws thousands of tourists every year. Haldane, who won a Silver Star for helping wounded GIs amid the sniping...
...applauded, then started chanting, “We don’t want war any more!” and “Iraq for Iraqis! Troops home now!”The next speaker was Jane Collins—author of “For Love of a Soldier: Interviews with Military Families Taking Action Against the Iraq War.” Collins urged the student protestors to remember the Iraqis and what they are going through, even though their stories are not always heard. Collins encouraged the demonstrators, “Fight the good fight. Keep...