Word: daylight
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...resident bomb-disposal expert decided to wait until dawn before venturing out of the fortified embassy to investigate. That's what makes him an expert. The explosion was only a decoy. The real killer was a land mine that was invisible in the dark but was spotted in the daylight half buried. Says Corporal Matthew Roberson of the Marine antiterrorist unit at the embassy: "It looked like somebody did it so we'd come running out and step on the mine...
Thereve been a lot of jokes about what a slum New Haven is. But theres nothing funny about shit-covered sidewalks, broad-daylight muggings and crack whores operating out of the Stillman College courtyard...
...video of Osama bin Laden that was broadcast on October 7th shows the exiled terrorist leader wearing Army fatigues and resting a rifle against his side. The video was shot during daylight, and many believe it was taken early in the day of October 7th, before the U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan began. The video, which shows bin Laden praising God for the destruction at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, is essentially a propaganda tool for bin Laden and his followers. In it, bin Laden tells viewers the U.S. war against him is a war against Islam...
...recent months, minority Shia professionals, especially doctors, have been targeted for assassination. Doctors are among the best educated and most successful Shia professionals in Pakistan, and their murders are particularly intimidating. In July, the chairman of Pakistan State Oil, a respected Shia executive, was gunned down in broad daylight in Karachi on his way to his office. Musharraf's government has promised tough new laws to prevent such attacks?but it has been unable to tackle the root causes of intolerance, including hate-filled propaganda purveyed by many medressas and mosques...
...three of us made our way to the Seaport, and then north along the East River under the FDR. After about 25 minutes of fast-paced walking (running was impossible because of the number of people around us), we finally reached the Brooklyn Bridge—and blessed daylight. By the time we reached the Bridge, we had heard so many rumors from others walking, that I genuinely believed the entire East Coast of the United States had been attacked. According to those around me (and the occasional snippet from the radio), not only had the World Trade Center...