Word: turfing
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...terror has turned global, and no one, not even a linchpin in that war, is exempt. The message inherent in the post-9/11 invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq is not lost on Islamabad: the U.S. is ready and willing to target its enemies on their home turf. The legitimacy of national boundaries does not provide the comfort of a safe haven...
...with the home turf of Beren Tennis Center beneath its feet, Harvard exudes a level of confidence fueled by the cheering crowds that has left several dual season opponents in its wake...
...Mullah Omar and most of the movement's senior leadership have never been captured. Unlike the sophisticated Arab operatives of al-Qaeda for whom Afghanistan was simply another stopover in a globalized jihad, the one-eyed peasant mystic mullah is still believed to be at large somewhere on home turf. (The Pashtun heartland spans the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.) And the fact that he hasn't been found suggests a measure of support among the local population...
Before I go out, I test the drag act on my home turf, the Dudley Co-op. I descend the stairs in my male regalia, baseball cap pulled low and a scruffy goatee and soul patch pasted on my face...
...feet. Lying on the ground with a mouthful of grass and sod, I watched as the earth erupted with shells and grenades, many of them flying off in random directions. The big artillery shells went off with ground-shaking booms, and the shockwaves pressed me into the turf. But much more frightening were the anti-aircraft shells, which fizzed about - some along the ground, some in the air - in lethal balls of orange flame. A few of the rockets took off with a great hiss, like supercharged Chinese fireworks...