Under cover of operations in Afghanistan, America has beefed up its forces in the Gulf.
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What, then, to make of its sudden removal last week under cover of dark?
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Under cover of darkness, this small elite unit launched an airborne assault deep into insurgent-held territory.
The supplement makers who engage in this type of sleight-of-hand often operate under cover of semi-anonymity.
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Short-sellers tend to move under cover of darkness, launching stealthy guerrilla raids on stocks they deem ready for a fall.
More than 4, 000 US marines, 1, 500 Afghan soldiers and 300 US soldiers moved in by helicopter under cover of night.
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Now, much of the important discussion and decision making will be made behind closed doors and under cover of classification.
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Even more sweetly, he is again being courted by prominent Democrats, including Mrs Clinton, Bill Bradley and albeit under cover of darkness Al Gore.
Last Sunday, rebels said the defenders broke through the siege lines to receive a much-needed delivery of supplies under cover of darkness.
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They run the city under cover of darkness, plotting fake terrorist plots to keep the city in turmoil while they make their robberies.
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It has turned down talks with America under cover of a regional dialogue that would involve South Korea, Japan, China and Russia too.
But - astonishingly - some diplomats and UN officials in this region (speaking of course under cover of anonymity) give the theory some credence.
To enhance the excitement of his unveiling or perhaps to forestall unwelcome comments officials plan to install him under cover of darkness just hours before the fair opens.
India has said its 2, 000-2, 500km-range Agni missile is now ready for deployment, and it may be developing an intercontinental-range missile under cover of its Russian-assisted space programme.
To attack Egypt against the reasoned urging of the world, and under cover of a smoke-screen of obfuscatory statements, can arouse no confident support in the country.
No other film artist operated as skillfully as he did under cover of darkness, and this seventy-nine-minute film noir from 1948 shows off his night vision at peak power.
At the start of the war, the stud moved east toward Russia to escape the advancing Germans, all the horses trotting under cover of night to escape the strafing aircraft.
Ben Affleck is sent to Tehran to bring home 6 workers from the American embassy as the Iranian Islamic revolution is in full swing, under cover of making a Hollywood movie.
International outrage over the carnage has also been heightened by the Serb authorities' insistence on grabbing the bodies, under cover of gunfire, from the mosque where they had been laid out.
Just a few hours ago they took off to drop more than 1, 000 paratroopers under cover of darkness over northern Iraq to secure an airfield in the area controlled by the Kurds.
It would effectively prevent the federal government from compelling anyone "engaging in journalism" to give testimony or produce any document revealing that journalist's source, if the source gave the information under cover of confidentiality.
Under cover of darkness, and dressed in a thin grey hooded top, jeans and a pair of white trainers, he clambered into a tiny space inside the wheel housing of a passenger jet bound for London.
Although his report was triggered by tales of televangelists running lucrative things such as recording studios and selling oil and gas under cover of the religious exemption, it highlights a serious regulatory failure at the heart of America's charitable sector.
The data that he and his team have collected suggest the animals plan their moves with guerrilla-like precision, sprinting from the safety of one game reserve to another under cover of darkness and spending as little time as possible in the poacher-infested areas in between.
They are now convinced that under cover of its peaceful nuclear energy programme, Iran is developing atomic weapons. 10.06.17 Music 10.06.20 Aston BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Israeli Prime Minister 1996-99 A month after I was elected, I said that the greatest threat we all face, not just Israel but all of the free world is a nuclear armed Iran.
Watson eventually left the harbor, under cover of fog, and he was later arrested on an ice field where the hunt was taking place. (Since 1977, it has been a crime in Canada to observe the seal hunt without a permit.) His ship was confiscated, he was charged with conspiring to commit mischief and extortion, among other crimes, and he spent several days in jail.
The slaves and the freedmen who rode an underground railroad, seeking the light of justice under the cover of night -- they weathered a hard winter.
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It consists partly of Chinese networks operating under the cover of NGOs, language institutes and small businesses.
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