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Suicide soldiering: through the ages.(Statistical Data Included)
On the heights of the Gallipoli peninsula ill 1915, a Turkish colonel, Mustafa Kemal, later known as Ataturk, rushed reinforcements to the front with the immortal words: "I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die." Allied soldiers had nearly broken through to the Dardanelles, which in turn would have led to the fall of Istanbul and the strategic Bosphorus Straits. The full regiment of counter-attacking Turks did indeed die, to a man.
Seventy years later another confrontation took place between legions of Allah and Western forces. U.S. Marines had been deployed to Beirut in 1983 to maintain a fragile peace. In October, a suicide truck bomber ...
- Sri Lanka: in the shadow of the Indian elephant.
- Magazine article from: World Policy Journal Crossette, Barbara March 22, 2002 700+ words
Before Osama bin Laden rewrote the script, American...understands this better than Sri Lanka, now daring to hope more...havoc--to the jungles of Sri Lanka. While many of these neighborhood...with negotiating an end to Sri Lanka's ethno-linguistic...
- Sri Lanka's alarm.(WORLD)(EMBASSY ROW)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times September 14, 2005 700+ words
...Row. Mr. Dhanapala, Sri Lanka's ambassador here from...Dhanapala, director of Sri Lanka's Peace Secretariat...in 1965. He served as Sri Lanka's ambassador to U...which sheltered Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist...
- Sri Lanka's ruling party loses majority.
- News wire article from: United Press International October 10, 2001 700+ words
...Lanka, Oct 10, 2001 Sri Lanka's ruling People's...force base in eastern Sri Lanka. A group of teenaged guerrillas overran a Sri Lanka Air Force base in eastern...operations against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in Afghanistan...
- Travel: Falling in love with Sri Lanka.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) November 27, 2004 700+ words
...to visit some parts of Sri Lanka. Our holiday, though...soothing ayurvedic massage. Sri Lanka is among the lushest and...stroppy creature nicknamed Bin Laden because of his habit of...favourite tour operator to Sri Lanka. Based on two adults...
- Zealotry unmasked; The nature and nurturing of bin Laden's network.(OPED)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 20, 2002 700+ words
...another quack miracle man, Osama bin Laden. For the record, bin Laden does not claim to be the mahdi...and the author, who is from Sri Lanka, a nation long plagued by terrorism...There is a long chapter on bin Laden himself - a man with a curious...
- BOUNTY HUNTER; Evil bin Laden puts a price on the heads of our boys.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) October 13, 2001 700+ words
...and Green Beret troops. Bin Laden is believed to be in a...Taliban. In a statement, bin Laden said: "We are not afraid...Christians live in peace." Bin Laden, son of a fabulously...Moslems burned US flags in Sri Lanka. In Indonesia - the world...
- STATE DEPARTMENT CITES SEVERAL TERRORIST GROUPS BIN LADEN GROUP NAMED.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) October 6, 2001 700+ words
...network headed by Osama bin Laden and several Palestinian...the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, the FARC in Colombia...provided direct support for bin Laden's network. Under a...Al-Qaida, which bin Laden operates from his sanctuary...
- THE MAN WITH A BOMB IN HIS SHOE; How did a Bin Laden lookalike with no luggage...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Jeffreys, Daniel December 24, 2001 700+ words
...citizen although FBI officials named him as Sri Lanka-born Tariq Raja, 28. The FBI said...Afghanistan last month, used by Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda organisation, included...inquiries into whether he is connected with Bin Laden. He will appear briefly in court today...
