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...ambush in Israel occurred shortly after 8 a.m. this morning, said the colonel, who described the events of the attack. Near the northern town of Zar'it, about two miles from the border, two Israeli humvees were on patrol when Hizballah fighters attacked with either rocket-propelled grenades or anti-tank weapons-possibly a roadside bomb-and set the vehicles on fire. Three soldiers were killed, two were injured and the remaining two soldiers were captured...
...Hizballah] has been planning this a long time," Cohen said. In addition to the attack near Zar'it, there were several other attacks, but Cohen declined to say where...
Bonilla decides to follow up on the lynching story, and he pays a visit to the driver in jail. The driver, who we learn is called Vinicio (Damián Alcázar) implores Bonilla to be his “hero” once more by running a story that will result in his release from custody: the worst malefactors from the lynch mob have been imprisoned alongside him and make daily attempts against his life. What follows is a cat-and-mouse exchange between Bonilla and Vinicio, in which Vinicio promises information about the “Monster...
Many Afghans refuse to keep quiet. In a cramped studio off a busy thoroughfare in Peshawar, a few musicians sitting on faded red carpets take up instruments while they await customers. On the walls are photos of the band's performances. Zar Wali smiles broadly as he begins to play the harmonium. "My beloved country," he sings in his native Pashto, "this Afghanistan, is very dear to me." The anthem is sweet--sweet enough to make him briefly forget that he is in Pakistan...
...grown-up version of a middle school prank, in which Baltazar torments his victims by telling them (falsely) that their cars will be impounded or that their houses will be foreclosed upon. The scammed person invariably gets angrier and angrier, leading to bleeped-out expletives, giggles from the 'Zar, and finally a promise from the scammed to "get the person who did this to me." Jam'n has a parasitic, Beavis and Butthead vision of community, where listeners join together to laugh at the stupidity of Baltazar, the pranked person and, implicitly, themselves for taking time to listen...