The finders dubbed the specimen "The Dueling Dinosaurs" because the animals were found touching one another and seemed to bear marks of mortal combat, such as missing teeth and shattered chest bones.
President Obama received a fair dose of criticism for his Aug. 31 Oval Office speech marking the end of combat operations in Iraq, but under the circumstances it was practically impossible to convey a truly uplifting message.
But a meeting of the NATO alliance in Newport in south Wales on September 4th and 5th, intended to mark the end of combat operations in Afghanistan, now looks likely to be one of the most important gatherings in the organisation's 65-year history.
THE NEWS Officials including Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and General Ray Odierno conducted a ceremony in Baghdad marking the formal end of combat operations and the beginning of the post-combat phase of American military involvement in Iraq, to be called Operation New Dawn.
BAGHDAD — The United States began a fragile new era in its turbulent history with Iraq on Wednesday as American political and military leaders marked the official end of combat operations but acknowledged that a difficult milestone, the creation of a new coalition Iraqi government, was not yet in reach.
Performances to mark the anniversary included demonstrations of combat skills, both with knives and unarmed.
She threatened to give the Wellington Arch its biggest piece of combat history since George IV had it built to mark the Napoleonic wars, as she powered under it, easing through the field.
Wanting to leave his mark on history by gaining a decisive victory over Hamas, Olmert pushed for the sort of combat that would have exposed Israeli soldiers to face-to-face battles with Hamas militants.
Inside, there were sounds reminiscent of combat.
The rigors of combat discourage it.
