At one point, Defence Minister Daniel Chea himself ran out into the streets to order troops to turn off flashing lights on their vehicles, saying it was adding to the panic.
That was the high point of his defence of Europe's biggest steelmaker.
There had been indications the defence would point to a consensual act.
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At which point then he loses that defence of using the theatrical conventions even in presenting his monologue in theatres.
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But the defence lawyers, who can point to the ten years the prosecution has had to prepare its case, are bound to ask for more time.
British defence sources are at pains to point out that the NATO force's only purpose is to collect weapons surrendered voluntarily.
At which point, as above, I withdraw my partial defence of his actions.
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The new head of the US defence department has arrived at a markedly tense point in the US-Afghan relationship.
Jerry Collins and Sonny Parker scored late tries for the visitors, but the Edinburgh defence held firm to deny Ospreys a bonus point.
Mallinder made a raft of changes as Northampton pushed forward for a bonus-point try, but were thwarted as Perpignan firmed up their flimsy defence.
Officially, the point is to strengthen the heart of Europe, in areas such as defence, among those countries that wish to participate.
Thompson and Johnny McClune, another point scorer, controlled the midfield for long periods, but the Mayobridge defence proved difficult to break down.
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But his main point was that Europe had grown used to a free ride on American defence spending (which, as a share of GDP, is about three times the European NATO average).
At the other end De Dea saved superbly from point blank range as Dempsey charged through the middle of United's defence while Bale again went close with another shot that took a nick off Ferdinand.
The match opened up and Carson saved from point-blank range from Henry after a dreadful mix-up in the Charlton defence involving the goalkeeper and Jonathan Fortune.
Palmason dashed onto Bjarnason measured chip over the flat-footed Wales defence but his left-foot volley from eight yards was superbly saved at point-blank range by Wales keeper Hennessey.
At the death, O'Gara turned down a couple of penalty chances as Munster chased the bonus point and it arrived in the final 20 seconds as the lively Warwick breached the Ulster defence.
Since then, the resolution's sponsors quietly point out, several allies, notably Germany, have actually been planning to spend less on defence.
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With time ticking down, Sam Tomkins kicked over a drop-goal to give the Warriors a one-point lead into the break but that was their final score of the match as the Dragons defence started to dominant in the second period.
Turkey's own response has now gone into rhetorical overdrive: on top of booting out Israel's ambassador, suspending defence ties and threatening legal action, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, appeared at one point to hint that Turkish warships might escort future aid convoys to Gaza.
West Brom kept pressing and stretched a Reds defence which needed a lunge from Carragher to divert a Fortune shot over before the Baggies striker sent a point-blank header horribly over.
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