Word: standoff
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...Afghanistan model" in Washington parlance had involved small numbers of U.S. special forces on the ground directing awesome U.S. air power and Afghan proxy infantry. That model proved effective in putting the Taliban to flight from Afghanistan's major cities. It was less successful in last December's standoff at Tora Bora, where thousands of al Qaeda-linked fighters appear to have escaped what had been presented as a ring of steel...
...Fifty policemen came to the rescue?and then, Wang says, the dithering began. The abductor claimed to be related to a top cop, and, Wang says, "the officers spent all their time trying to figure out what kind of a relative he was." After a fruitless, 8-hr. standoff, the neighbor sliced Wang's son through the back of the neck with the machete. He died four days later...
MADAGASCAR Crisis Deepens The standoff between President Didier Ratsiraka and opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana threatened to split the island, as the opposition declared a parallel administration in Antananarivo and government supporters proposed relocating the capital to Toamasina (Tamatave) in the President's heartland. With army support also divided, a second O.A.U. delegation flew in to mediate the crisis triggered by disputed presidential elections in December. The public appeared to ignore a government declaration of martial law two weeks...
...response from the so-called axis, not surprisingly, was hostile. Iran's religious leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, joining Bush in a name-calling standoff, said it is the U.S. that is "evil." North Korea said the speech was "little short of declaring war." And Iraq said, "Such threats do not scare...
...city, scores of military reservists criticized the army?s heavy hand in the Palestinian territories and refused to serve there. AUSTRALIA Return to Sender Asylum seekers at a detention center called off a two-week hunger strike after reassurances that their visa applications would be processed. But the standoff seemed likely to continue as lawyers for the mainly Afghan refugees said they would oppose a plan to offer them cash to leave the country. Prime Minister John Howard said his government would provide "resettlement assistance" since it was now "safe" for Afghans to return home. UNITED STATES Widening...