Word: trooped
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...refuse to do this in the face of one of the largest military buildups in Indonesian history. The army's objective this time around appears to be nothing less than GAM's eradication. "We will fight them all out," said armed forces chief General Endriartono Sutarto during a recent troop inspection. "The military is the final resort in settling the Aceh question...
...when I see it," says one 45-year-old village leader, who is too afraid to give his name. We meet in the ramshackle sports hall of Lhokseumawe Polytechnic, where about a thousand refugees (700 of them children) from two villages near Simpang Keramhave sought shelter from a troop buildup in their area. They rely on donations begged from vehicles passing the campus gates...
...make that claim if they didn't fire a shot. But a series of attacks before the Americans carry out their planned withdrawal will be used in al-Qaeda propaganda to claim a victory. Also, the American withdrawal may have given al-Qaeda the scent of blood. The U.S. troop presence had, at least symbolically, been a major prop of support for the Saudi regime. Al-Qaeda may believe that the U.S. withdrawal signifies a weakening of the Saudi regime, prompting them to strike out against...
...into a troupe of girl scouts last week, hawking their wares along Mass. Ave., I was horrified to find that I couldn’t procure Samoas from the scoutette I was talking to. Indeed, chortling to myself at the girl’s youthful naivete, I asked her troop mother, who simply looked puzzled, claiming she’d never heard of a “Samoa.” Thoroughly inspecting the scouts’ boxes, I was happy to find that the purple box displaying the photo image of my favorite treat was present, but bore...
...paying the salaries of those expected to run and secure it. Another hint of brightness on the horizon is the announcement by NATO last week that the alliance would take over leadership of ISAF - it remains unclear, though, whether NATO is willing to more than quadruple ISAF's troop strength in order to extend the stabilization mission beyond the capital...