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...border is accompanied by the door-slamming sound of exploding shells nearby. Dirty clouds of smoke and dust blossom on the rocky hillsides. The flames and smoke of brush fires sparked by shelling add to the noonday haze and turn vast expanses of countryside into sterile charred deserts. Jets swoop overhead, dropping massive bombs that leave huge towering columns of smoke, the blast carried for miles on the hot breeze...
...Israelis jets circle high above, tiny silver specks against the blue sky, before taking turns to swoop and fire missiles into the South Lebanon village of Froun, two miles from here. The huge blasts and column of dirt and smoke that rise from Froun are watched intently by Haj Rabieh and Abu Mohammed, two veteran Hizballah fighters, who live among the bombed-out ruins of this village just south of the Litani river. An Israeli reconnaissance drone whines directly overhead and both Hizballah men know that the bombs pounding Froun could soon be directed against them if they are spotted...
...attracting a crowd of competitors from farther afield: possible White House contenders hunting for votes ahead--way ahead--of the Iowa presidential caucuses in January 2008. Democratic Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana and Joe Biden of Delaware and the Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are all expected to swoop in to smile, shake hands and maybe taste the fair's famed fried Twinkies. Also planning to visit Iowa in August: 2004 Democratic running mates John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North Carolina, Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona and Sam Brownback of Kansas, New York Governor George...
...logic for those continued attacks is to be found in the so-called phase plan adopted in 1974 by the Palestine National Council in Cairo. Realizing that they would never be able to destroy Israel in one fell swoop, the Palestinians adopted a graduated plan to wipe out Israel. First, accept any territory given to them in any part of historic Palestine. Then, use that sanctuary to wage war until Israel is destroyed...
...fell swoop, senior Jennifer Raimondi put the Crimson in place for its postseason run—a run that eventually led to a berth in the NCAA tournament. With her goal at the end of regulation in the season finale against Clarkson, Raimondi gave the Harvard women’s hockey team a chance to clinch home ice for the upcoming playoff series between the two squads. Raimondi’s goal with one second left in overtime made that a reality. Riding the momentum from those two goals, the Crimson managed to slide by the Golden Knights in three...