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...Rice, we only swatted a fly once, on the 20th of August 1998. We didn't swat any flies afterwards. How the hell could he be tired?" BOB KERREY, Democratic member of the 9/11 commission, referring to the 1998 retaliatory missile strike that President Bill Clinton ordered against al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

...finest private firearms-training facility in the U.S." The facility boasts several target ranges and a simulated town for urban-warfare training. It is so advanced that some of the U.S. military's active-duty special-ops troops have trained there. Next month Blackwater will host the World SWAT Challenge--an Olympic-style competition among 20 SWAT teams from around the country--set to be broadcast on ESPN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Private Armies Take To The Front Lines | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

...most dramatic moment of Condoleezza Rice's testimony before the 9/11 commission last week-her confrontation with former Senator Bob Kerrey-was also the most revealing. Kerrey was hammering Rice about the President's now famous "fly swatting" remark. Bush had asked Rice for a comprehensive strategy for dealing with al-Qaeda; he didn't want any more futile pinprick attacks. "What fly had he swatted?" Kerrey demanded. And a minute later: "Why didn't we respond to the [bombing of the U.S.S.] Cole? Why didn't we swat that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Condi: The Problem with Big Thinkers | 4/10/2004 | See Source »

...live there gun down his brother at his cigarette stall just across the narrow lane. Salman looks on as the officers approach the house. They calmly keep a gathering crowd at bay, then stack up in front of the door and crash through like a well-practiced SWAT team. The house is empty, but police find a cache of stolen machine parts. Though the killers remain free, Salman is impressed. "The police are doing a good job now," he says. An officer on the scene, Lieut. Nasser Hamoud Ali, speaks confidently of tracking down the men. "We will find them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Toughest Beat | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...ground and I could see the puck in front of me,” she said. “I was just trying to swat it and then like an angel descending I see [co-captain Lauren McAuliffe] come...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Saintly Figure: W. Hockey’s Corriero A Cut Above | 2/24/2004 | See Source »

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