Word: terrorized
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...avoid the murderous rain of rockets falling daily from the sky. Civilian deaths are horrible and tragic, but to suggest that death ought to be the only measure of “proportionality” ignores the fact that, for seven years, Israeli civilians have lived under the constant terror of rocket fire...
...What the Pentagon calls "the long war" on terror has led the U.S. military to seek a way to keep people it deems a threat behind bars indefinitely. While Guantánamo's unique status - far from the battlefield yet subject to total U.S. sovereignty - led the Supreme Court to grant Gitmo detainees habeas relief, the U.S. government argues that neither circumstance applies at Bagram. "Federal courts should not thrust themselves into the extraordinary role of reviewing the military's conduct of active hostilities overseas, second-guessing the military's determination as to which captured aliens as part of such...
...many foiled plots that have not been made public, the safety and security of the Unites States since September 11 has been truly remarkable. The Bush administration worked to ensure America’s safety by reforming our homeland security and intelligence infrastructure to face the new threats of terrorism. New intelligence and security departments and offices were created, emergency management plans improved across all levels of government, legal reforms implemented, and borders made more secure. In addition to overseeing a rapid recovery from the 2001 recession due to tax cuts and shrewd economic policy, the administration has made consequential...
...government is close to controlling all of Sri Lanka, the guerrilla war is far from finished. "They want to take the victory spirit out," says Lakshman Hulugalle, a defense ministry spokesman and director general of the Media Center for National Security. "We can win the war, but this terror will continue for some time." (See pictures of Sri Lanka on the brink of civil...
...pictures of terror in Mumbai...