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The base, in an eastern Afghanistan valley, was surrounded by ridge lines where the insurgents were able to fire down at U.S. and Afghan troops.
CNN: Afghan insurgents pushed into U.S. base, official says
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Mr. ZEV YAROSLAVSKY (Supervisor, Los Angeles County): Where we have tried to protect the ridge lines of the mountains from gaudy, ugly and defiling developments where the occupant of the home would have a 360-degree view, but that the rest of the world would have to look at that gaudy building.
NPR: Calif. Voters Weigh Eminent Domain Ballot Proposal
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The dramatic contrasts of tone and scale, the sweeping lines of the ridge, the well-tracked path to the empty summit all add up to an arresting image, a strangely beautiful world where humans don't quite belong but yet intend to tread.
WSJ: Photographic Balancing Acts | Swiss Alpine Museum | He Cut a Fresh Path in Mountain Photography | By Michael J. Ybarra
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The Tories have floated the idea of new Cabinet minister to deal with domestic security, but not along the lines of the US "Homelands" security chief Tom Ridge.
BBC: Call for anti-terror border force