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The prize catch was 45-year-old Thong Jamsri, a Peking-trained Vietnamese who was chief organizer of the guerrilla movement. Among the others: the guerrillas' chief quartermaster and contact man who kept them supplied with food, money and other necessities, the head of the execution squad that picked...
STAUFFENBERG, by Joachim Kramarz. An engrossing biography of the mystical and aristocratic Wehrmacht colonel whose daring attempt to assassinate Hitler with a bomb brought him speedy execution by a Nazi firing squad.
Quiet Sale. But without directly notifying Jackson, Sears's lawyer, Paul Primock, quietly got a court order for execution on the judgment. To satisfy the debt, the sheriff was directed by Primock to seize title to Jackson's property and sell it. The sale was just as quiet...
> Reshuffled part of his military leadership, arrested dozens of army officers, and, in a grisly ceremony at Port-au-Prince's Fort Dimanche, personally presided over the execution of 19 of his prisoners.
To have its desired effect, terror must be judiciously applied. So in 1962, Hanoi sent down orders to "set up specialized units and clandestine forces" to take over most such operations. Since then, the level of violent incidents has risen from 5,000 a year to 25,000, the work...