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... East Indiaman, the Prince George. The ship was one of the largest of the company’s vessels, well armed and amongst the first all iron ships to be p... ...ed to notice the strong British presence along the Grand Trunk Road and their depots protected by armed guards. ‘Yes’, replied Agnes Cameron, ‘they ... ... and carrying lethal curved swords at their sides. ‘The Rohillas,’ explained John MacGregor, ‘the Afghan cavalry of the Nawab; ferocious-looking lot... ...amadan, the Moslem month of fasting. ‘As for the Nawab, now what can I tell you? His ancestor, an Afghan mercenary, came to India with the armies of... ...ays accompanied the princess, who must wear a veil and the women would have to be escorted by an armed Rohilla guard. THE CURSE OF KALI 137 And ... ...s clothes, although simple, were of good quality. He looked quite noble and she guessed he was an Afghan, perhaps a tribal chief. She tried to persu... ...son, began to cross the Sutlej and Brigadier General Sir James Cameron was ordered to swell these forces by his Sikh and Highland troops under the c... ...en reached them, there was a sense of horror. ‘It seems Major General Sir Henry Havelock’s relief forces arrived too late to prevent the bloody mass... ...ilians and any Europeans living in Mirapore were moved to the British fort for protection. Large forces of these mutineers are on their way to the ...
...ld say, secure in the knowledge that he would always be there, erect and gracious. Like two forces of nature, my grandpa and the concrete post – old... ...signature. People are murmuring throughout the bus. My answer is equivocal. It could imply armed robbery – or fraud – or counterfeit. I may be viol... ...uttering among the white curls on his denuded chest. My grandma concealed him in a tattered afghan and sat beside him, fingering a bracelet helpless...
...Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War I... ...akistan and Libya were transmuted from foes to allies in the fortnight prior to the Afghan campaign. Milosevic has metamorphosed from staunch ally ... ... USA is actually a land-based empire, comprising the territorial fruits of previous armed conflicts with its neighbors and foes, often one and the ... ...lf security' will possibly get, in return, more factors of insecurity ... Military forces cannot fundamentally solve problems and war benefits no o... ...Elder attributed them to moral decadence. Cicero thought that the emergence of the armed forces and the "mob" (the masses) as political players spe... ... attributed them to moral decadence. Cicero thought that the emergence of the armed forces and the "mob" (the masses) as political players spelt doo... ... its treasury. It was the first time that the republic relinquished control of its armed forces - but not the last. A decade later, Julius Caesar w... ...treasury. It was the first time that the republic relinquished control of its armed forces - but not the last. A decade later, Julius Caesar was gra... ...sian outfit - before he was dumped unceremoniously once the Soviets retreated from Afghanistan. Normally the outcomes of expedience, the Ugly Amer...
The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.
... 86-001) June 1987 Contents Page Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations ix Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda A... ...r the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as fiscal year (FY) or otherwise. Afghanistan 300km Set regional map VIII Geography Total area: 647,500 km ... ...ke into account other demographic consequences of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan Nationality: noun Afghan(s); adjective Afghan Ethnic division... ....); 5 AM and no FM stations, 1 TV station, 1 earth satellite station Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces, Air and Defense Forces, border guard force... ...M stations, 1 TV station, 1 earth satellite station Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces, Air and Defense Forces, border guard forces, Defense of the... ...s: 14 AM, 4 FM, 9 TV stations; 50,000 TV sets; 210,000 receiver sets Defense Forces Branches: Albanian People's Army, Fron- tier Troops, Interior Troo... ...445,000 TV sets; 3,500,000 receiver sets; 1 satellite ground station Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmeri... ...3,500,000 receiver sets; 1 satellite ground station Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie Military manpow... ...' association), business organiza- tions, students, the Catholic Church, the Armed Forces Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ID...
...– the psychopaths in our lives, learning to defend ourselves against their destructive forces and how to avoid them in the future." "I read Sam Vak... ...d spurious) remission of NPD is just that – fake. The individual is marshalling his/her forces for the next round, which will be one hundred times w... ...alt another bum hand?" "Then, fool that I was, tried to become a crusading Pollyanna, armed with books, clinical data, case histories – I valiantly... ...y. Using complex defence mechanisms, such as Projective Identification, the narcissist forces his victims – spouse, mate, friend, colleague – to 'p... ...om/archive34.html "To react emotionally to a narcissist is like talking atheism to an Afghan fundamentalist. Narcissists have emotions, very strong...
...r thumbing of rosary beads, it did not. So indifferent were the governing forces of her having to make a living in society. So indifferent they were... ...ort. She just wanted to be a rotting leaf gradually decomposing by natural forces, cognizant of nothing and part of all natural phenomenon. Chapter... ..., feeling her thick bangs fold and unfurl in sudden gusts of wind, natural forces that thwarted the inanimate constancy which she longed for. She was... ... adjacent areas: a youth tried to break into a car on a side street, a one armed squeegee mendicant back from either the Afghan or Iraqi wars, slowed... ...car on a side street, a one armed squeegee mendicant back from either the Afghan or Iraqi wars, slowed down traffic on the other side of the street m... ...etude, wealth of mineral recourses interred and untapped like minerals in Afghanistan, or so the news says…so it said when I had a television set la...
...n. You cannot have something unless it’s opposite exists to balance it. All forces, all things in the Universe must balance. The Condition of com... ...gic can conclude is; that in order for all of the Dynamics and Conditions and Forces that were needed to create the Universe to work, there had to b... ...reate the Universe to work, there had to be a basic Formless Medium for these Forces to work through, and act upon. Only after all of these basic I... ...is is why the sign of evil in a black magic is the pentagon. This is why the armed forced of the most powerful nation in the world is housed inside ... ...nformation it receives. During the U.S, attack on the Taliban Government, Afghan children did not even flinch when bombs or bullets exploded nea... ... production. And nobody notices that he is calling a military invasion and an armed occupation: spreading democracy. Rich countries help poor cou... ...America sought to spread democracy in the 3rd world? By invading and bombing Afghanistan and Iraq into rubble? By, destroying their infrastructure... ... positive. Is that what you call a justice system that is fair and balanced? Armed soldiers, armed police, armed thugs using fear and brutality to ... ...used on the poorest countries in the world: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ethiopia, Nigeria. The Germans tested their own new...
... on top. Is it Muslim God-based? Then Saudi Arabia, or the former Taliban Afghanistan might come out as best. If it is Catholic then the God-based Va... ...expenditures of the Constitutional mandates to provide military and naval forces and to fight piracy. ―The best countries to live in, accordin... ... more expensive. Then in the U.S. the drug companies employ massive sales forces that run up the prices of the drugs. But at the same time these well... ... giving part of it to the Jews, and the American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan created more hostility. ―George W. Bush thought that by... ...ad of other ideas far from its original meaning. 216 ―When the Afghan man who had converted from Islam to Christianity was brought to tria... ...igrants that have been problems. European countries have been pretty open-armed for refugees. Bosnia, Ethiopia, Darfur, Ghana, Iraq and many other c... ...ey are 296 caught? Certainly the young men cannot be drafted into the armed services. They can‘t be called for jury duty. They can‘t vote. They ... ...the written ideas of Aristotle, that we have three types of souls or life forces, and the oldest versions of the Old Testament were both written in G... ..., and personality disorders. So a homosexual might be discharged from the armed services for his or her sexual orientation. The Pentagon has a "don't...
...The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated by events in August 2008, when US forces bombed the Afghan village of Azizabad. This gave rise to a public dispute between the US Government and the United Natio...
...held for a time complete mastery in Delhi. The second of these, a ruthless Afghan soldier, had abruptly en- tered the capital; nor was he ejected from... ...lding him in as pain- ful a bondage as he had suffered under the tyrannous Afghan. As long as these heroes were battling among themselves, or as long ... ...ce of His Catholic Majesty), and moreover one six feet four in height, and armed with that ter- rible cabecilla (a sword so called, because it is five... ...s, whom I chose of the strongest and bravest men in India; chiefly Pitans, Afghans, Hurrumzadehs, and Calliawns: for these are well known to be the mo... ...assed on a couple of hundred yards, when lo! a party of Indian horse- men, armed like him I had just overcome, trotted towards me. One was leading a n... ...eed, I ever saw. Each of the mon- strous animals had a castle on its back, armed with Mauritanian archers and the celebrated Persian matchlock-men: it... ...ness intends to get rid. Y ou shall be second in command of his Highness’s forces. Look, here is his commission signed with the celestial seal, and at...
...ickets for a couple of days; the night air was crisp and chilly; and I was armed with a specially long and sharp pair of persuaders with which I had b... ...ries call it Kafiristan. By my reckoning it’s the top right-hand corner of Afghanistan, not more than three hundred miles from Peshawar. They have two... ...you’re fifty miles across the Border,” I said. “You have to travel through Afghanistan to get to that country. It’s one mass of mountains and peaks an... ...You’ll be turned back at the Frontier or cut up the minute you set foot in Afghani- stan. Do you want any money or a recommendation down- country? I c... ...lled in Kafiristan, where you was late Commander-in-Chief of the Emperor’s forces. Say you for- give me, Peachey.’ ‘I do,’ says Peachey. ‘Fully and fr...
...hanging in the balance. I see! Ah, I see! The old gang of criminals—allied forces of disorder—Corkran”—the Slave of the Lamp smiled po- litely—”McT ur... ...Sandhurst this year.” Rudyard Kipling “And all to be cut up by those vile Afghans, too,” said Dawson. “Wouldn’t think there’d be so much competition,... ...light in somebody’s benighted constituency. Wouldn’t it be a good idea if, armed with the General’s recommendation, he, tak- ing the admirable and new... ..., in a nullah, my rapparee-in-charge showed me about seventy men variously armed, but standing up like a Queen’s company. Then one of ‘em stepped out ...
...he had parted from me. What was this nocturnal expedition, and why should I go armed? Where were we going, and what were we to do? I had the hint from... ...ust pack at once, for I have only half an hour.” My experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at least had the effect of mak ing me a prompt and rea... ...rom the routine of life and to recognize the presence of those great elemental forces which shriek at mankind 5 “The Five Orange Pips” The Strand Nove... ...at you may be in safety. And yet you cannot guard yourself too closely.” “I am armed.” “That is well. To morrow I shall set to work upon your case.” ... ...the Jezail bullet which I had brought back in one of my limbs as a relic of my Afghan campaign throbbed with dull persistence. With my body in one eas...
... not too great for walking back. Mr. Dutton met them on the platform, well armed with his neat silk umbrella, and his black poodle, Monsieur, trot- ti... ...seats of all dimensions, some under trees, some umbelliferous, and glowing Afghan rugs, or spot- ted skins spread for those who preferred the ground. ... ... having realised enough to provide for her own old age, and she had joined forces with the Nugents, Mary being very thankful to have her compan- ionsh...
...laring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the ... ...tor p. 32–33 Flight paths and timelines p. 49 Usama Bin Ladin p. 64 Map of Afghanistan p. 148 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed p. 238–239 The 9/11 hijackers p. ... ...r of NORAD directed all air sovereignty aircraft to battle stations, fully armed. 200 At 9:59, an Air Force lieutenant colonel working in the White Ho... ... circling W ashing- ton during that time frame—the Langley F-16s.They were armed and under NORAD’s control.After NEADS learned of the hijacking at 10:... ...n and a fugitive Egyptian physician,Ayman al Zawahiri, arranged from their Afghan headquar- ters for an Arabic newspaper in London to publish what the... ...e response was an Afghan national resistance movement that defeated Soviet forces. 19 Y oung Muslims from around the world flocked to Afghanistan to j... ...t victory for the Afghan jihad. Moscow declared it would pull its military forces out of Afghanistan within the next nine months.As the Soviets began ... ...Saudis joined the U.S.-led coalition.After the Saudis agreed to allow U.S. armed forces to be based in the Kingdom, Bin Ladin and a num- ber of Islami... ... joined the U.S.-led coalition.After the Saudis agreed to allow U.S. armed forces to be based in the Kingdom, Bin Ladin and a num- ber of Islamic cler...
...se of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation?and Nonadaptation? . . . in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . an...
...ares, I was being chased by someone I can describe only as the Grim Reaper armed with a scythe. He was chasing my grand- mother, father, son, and a co... ...ong ago when we were in a different war. It was a war against terrorism in Afghanistan. Afghani pris- oners may have been treated appallingly at Bagra... ...lingly at Bagram military base and many other prisons set up in and around Afghanistan (Harris and Wazir 1). The United States was hit with allegation... ... and Wazir 1). The United States was hit with allegations of torturing the Afghan prisoners who were taken in by Ameri- can soldiers. On December 29, ... ... where they were imprisoned after surrendering to Northern Alliance and US forces in the Afghan city of Kuduz (White 1). These prisoners died from asp...
...hat the angry Lord of Barbazure himself, who chanced to be at the postern, armed a cross- bow, and let fly an arblast at the crupper of the lady’s pal... ...held for a time complete mastery in Delhi. The second of these, a ruthless Afghan soldier, had abruptly en- 145 Burlesques tered the capital; nor was... ...holding him in as painful a bondage as he had suffered under the tyrannous Afghan. As long as these heroes were battling among themselves, or as long ... ... of his Catholic Majesty), and more- over one six feet four in height, and armed with that terrible cabecilla (a sword so called, because it is five f... ...s, whom I chose of the strongest and bravest men in India; chiefly Pitans, Afghans, Hurrumzadehs, and Calliawns: for these are well known to be * Ther... ...assed on a couple of hundred yards, when lo! a party of Indian horse- men, armed like him I had just overcome, trotted towards me. One was leading a n... ... get 196 Thackeray rid. Y ou shall be second in command of his Highness’s forces. Look, here is his commission signed with the celestial seal, and at... ...rriors of the King’s host: a few cuts from his sword would have put John’s forces to rout. But the lance and sword of Ivanhoe were idle on this occasi... ...s into Spain from Bar- bary, they could make no head against the Christian forces, and in fact came into battle quite discouraged at the notion of mee...
... cut our sentries up at Suakim, An’ ‘e played the cat an’ banjo with our forces. So ‘ere’s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your ‘ome in the Soudan; ... ...o the stores an’ the guns, The men an’ the ‘orses what makes up the forces O’ Missis Victorier’s sons. (Poor beggars! Victorier’... ...r. Wait, wait, wait like a soldier … When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest r... ...ammed, And a trooper of the Empress, if you please. Yea, a trooper of the forces who has run his own six horses, And faith he went the pace and went... ... And blood of old Durani Lords ran fire in his veins; And ’twas to tame an Afghan pride nor Hell nor Heaven could bind, The King would make him butche... ...u hast heard,” — his speech died at his master’s face. And grimly said the Afghan King: “I rule the Afghan race. My path is mine — see thou to thine ... ...’ harpit a shadow out o’ the sun To stand before your face and cry; I ha’ armed the earth beneath your heel, And over your head I ha’ dusked the sky... ...rk, They kept ‘em bright as gold. The men that fought at Minden, they was armed with musketoons, Also, they was drilled by ‘alberdiers; I don’t know...