Posts Tagged ‘special’

Death highlights women’s role in Special Ops teams (AP)

This undated photo provided by the North Carolina National Guard shows 1st Lt. Ashley White from Alliance, Ohio. White was killed Oct. 22, 2011, by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Last weekend, White died in combat in southern Afghanistan, the first casualty in what the Army says is a new and vital wartime attempt to gain the trust of Afghan women. White, like other female soldiers working with special operations teams, was assigned duties that would be awkward or impossible for her male counterparts, such as frisking burqa-clad women. (AP Photo/North Carolina National Guard)AP – Army 1st Lt. Ashley White died on the front lines in southern Afghanistan last weekend, the first casualty in what the Army says is a new and vital wartime attempt to gain the trust of Afghan women.


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Tigers summon special friend for Homecoming

Chris Williams admits he may cry. He won’t be embarrassed. He’s cried before, he says, and sometimes it’s unavoidable. Williams, a former offensive tackle at Fort Hamilton, thinks back to the times when he couldn’t help himself. He cried after he was shot nine times, in 2007, while he was trying to protect his little sister.

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Special ops, CIA first in, last out of Afghanistan (AP)

FILE - This file image from video released by the U.S. Defense Department and made available Oct. 20, 2001, shows U.S. special forces boarding an unidentified aircraft at an unknown location, the day Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Gen. Richard Myers, announced at the Pentagon that U.S. special forces 'attacked and destroyed targets' in Afghanistan. The Central Intelligence Agency together with U.S. special operations were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the attacks of Sept. 11th, and will likely be the last U.S. forces to leave. (AP Photo/DOD Pool, File)AP – They were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks and will probably be the last U.S. forces to leave.


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Bondy: ‘Special’ turnaround for Jets’ McKnight

No little kid dreams at night of playing on special teams in the NFL, blocking punts and delivering brutal tackles on kickoffs. No college star, either. Joe McKnight, a standout running back at USC, was really no different, which is why he and Mike Westhoff didn’t exactly hit it off last season. “He hated me last year,” McKnight said Thursday, while the special-teams coach was scheming to wreak more havoc.

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Polls close in tight NY House special election (AP)

AP – Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time.

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NY special election a measure of Obama’s strength (AP)

AP – Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time.

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Judge rejects DSK accuser’s bid for special prosecutor

Now all that stands between Strauss-Kahn and a plane ride home to France is a hearing at which the judge is expected to approve a request by the Manhattan district attorney’s office to drop the charges altogether.

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