Without new funds, orders for what the Army considers the No. 1 lifesaver against roadside bombs, MRAPs -- Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected vehicles -- will be canceled.
Mr. Marlantes puts you in the heads of scared young men walking blindly in column through head-high grass in terror of trip-wires and ambush by enemies fighting on their home turf, or hacking their way through impenetrable bush overwhelmed by fatigue, jungle rot, fear, sickness, tigers and leeches.
They are specifically designed to protect occupants from ambush attacks, incorporating bullet-proof windows designed to withstand small-arms fire, such as .223-caliber rifles.
So Breslin resorted to a familiar guerrilla tactic -- the ambush.
The ambush happened in the south-western city of Karlsruhe.
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"The firefighters who responded today were performing a selfless, meaningful service to their community, unaware that a cold-hearted maniac was planning to ambush them and take their lives, " said Harold Schaitberger, general president of the Washington-based International Association of Fire Fighters.
Chris Berman, a former Navy SEAL and an out-of-work commercial diver from Southern California, was hired by Blackwater a month before the ambush.
About a mile away, Dakota, who was then a corporal, and Staff Sergeant Juan Rodriguez-Chavez, could hear the ambush over the radio.
Five Indian peacekeepers escorting a UN convoy in South Sudan have been killed in an ambush by rebels, the office for the UN secretary-general has said.
The ambush occurred in the part of Hebron that is still Israeli-controlled.
The ambush came after 55 people were reportedly killed in the north-east of Nigeria in co-ordinated attacks by the Boko Haram Islamist militant group.
Nonsense, says Mr. Kalra, whose group once laid an ambush at a tollgate outside Delhi, jumping out to cover pro-honking signs of what he says were thousands of trucks, buses and other large vehicles with black paint over seven days, resulting in plenty of altercations with drivers.
Al-Mussawi said that many of the Syrians killed in the ambush had earlier received medical treatment in Iraq.
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The statement said only that the incident may have happened Wednesday while coalition, NATO-led forces and Afghan National Security Forces were on a route-clearance patrol in the Ghormach district and responded to an insurgent ambush.
After that, time has been set aside to consider private bills - which may be the cue for another Chope-athon, with the indefatigable Conservative MP and a small band of allies staging another ambush against legislation they regard as too restrictive or financially irresponsible.
Creating a platform conducive to engagement is not an easy task for brands who hope to be involved with NBA All-Star Weekend, especially because the NBA does what it can to shield its sponsors from ambush marketing tactics.
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On September 18th, a 75-year old businessman was shot in the leg near Milan in what looked suspiciously like a mafia ambush.
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