There were certain steps that had to be taken because of the nature of the operation, and we wanted to make sure we were able to do that in the time period allotted for it.
The clandestine nature of Operation Condor means that its full extent may never be known, but researchers estimate that 50, 000 were killed, 30, 000 were "disappeared" and presumed killed, and 400, 000 were jailed, according to The Center for Justice and Accountability.
Speaking on Tuesday, White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan would not be drawn on the nature of the operation to seize the device, instead describing the aim of the FBI investigation into the device.
The nature of this operation and the rapidity with which we tried to respond to the desire for -- understandable desire for information about it has meant that we needed to clarify some facts.
Ignoring the nature of the operation, the basic lack of credibility of the source of information, and the interests of Europe in defeating jihadist terrorism in the Middle East and worldwide, the chanceries of Europe squawked indignantly and threatened to cut off intelligence cooperation with Israel.
In fact, given the nature of the operation, coalition casualties have been light. (In a battle for Nasiriya with the Ottomans in 1915, the overconfident British, whose supply lines were also stretched thin, lost 500 men.) Iraq has suffered an unknown but far higher number of combat casualties: several hundred Iraqis were reportedly killed in an engagement at Najaf on March 25th-26th.
The resumed talks with Mr Arafat's men will therefore be in the nature of a holding operation for the next two or three months, these sources maintain, while the negotiation with Syria, which never ceased despite its formal suspension, resolves itself one way or the other.
That changed the nature of the business from primarily an oil sands operation to a more diversified company.
In that article, Brill highlighted the almost arbitrary nature of how hospitals price everything from a dose of Tylenol to a cardiac bypass operation.
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Most importantly, however, the toxic nature of the News of the World brand was in danger of contaminating the whole News Corp. operation.
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