Ancelotti sacrificed the midfield cover of Mikel at the interval to introduce Drogba in an attempt to revive a misfiring attack that had scored only three goals in their previous six games.
So Iraq's invitation seemed a transparent attempt to stave off such an attack.
Lawyers are already speculating that some companies will attempt to use the attack as an excuse to back out of mergers or other business deals.
He left the Army in 2011 to escape the constant reminders of the attack and admits to drinking heavily - in an attempt to forget.
With a long evening session to negotiate, both Tim Ambrose and Flintoff opted for attrition in an attempt to thwart South Africa's pumped up pace attack.
As so often this season, Liverpool packed their midfield, leaving Milan Baros up on his own in attack in an attempt to stifle Arsenal.
However, in Moscow, Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich described the attack as an attempt to destabilise the situation in Abkhazia before parliamentary elections there on 10 March.
Police are still investigating the case in an attempt to bring others to justice over the attack.
Analysts have suggested the attack could have been an attempt to derail a nascent peace process in what is one of the Middle East's longest-running conflicts.
Ch Supt Clarke said the attack was "clearly an attempt to kill police" but he added that it was also "reckless as to the consequences to the safety of other people".
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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat quickly condemned the attack, saying it is an attempt to damage opportunities for peace just before the Palestinians and the Israelis each hold elections.
Arguably this Franco-German attempt to turn the Basel requirement into an EU maximum is an attack on the UK's fiscal or tax independence: if the FPC were to lack the tools to reduce dangerous risks in financial markets, that would increase the likelihood of British taxpayers' money being used to bail-out reckless banks.
Like most malware attacks, there are clues as to its origin - however security experts warn that any calling cards found within the attack's code could in fact be an attempt to throw investigators off the real scent.
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Habib said that in an attempt to rebuild the school, a contractor constructed a boundary wall before another Taliban attack.
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