Along with his brother, Cao Thang was mortally wounded while leading a risky frontal attack with 150 men, and the forces retreated in disarray.
From now on, it seems, each infelicitous remark or risky attack made by McCain or his campaign will be attributed to that roguish sense of humor -- regardless of whether the event in question could reasonably be construed as comedic.
The outposts were selected for urgent, risky attacks because intelligence agencies had reported that the field commanders had operational control of those weapons, and might have been given standing authority by Saddam Hussein to use them even if he were killed or could no longer communicate his orders.
This newspaper continues to believe that even for Israel containment of a nuclear Iran would be less awful than a risky pre-emptive attack that would probably cause mayhem, strengthen the regime and merely delay the day Iran gets a bomb.
In its riskiest attack yet against the forces of a rebel Shiite cleric, the American military called in an airstrike early Monday morning to kill fighters standing about 160 feet away from one of the holiest shrines in Shiite Islam, military officials said.
But in his book, Dr. Osterholm conceded that a number of factors, most especially fickle winds, make such an attack "a risky proposition".
Maturana, also a firm believer in fielding four midfielders in a line and two strikers up front, set up his team with an intent to attack, a risky strategy.
In the tournament itself, Mr Maradona adopted a risky strategy of constant attack.Yet he briefly made his eccentric team selection look inspired, as Argentina coasted to the quarter finals.
And does its rise signal the emergence of China's first world-class brand?Lenovo's recovery owes much to a risky strategy, dubbed "Protect and Attack", embraced by the firm's current boss.
