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Mr. Santorum's account of the 1967 war is also contradicted by the Jewish Agency's an official history, which explains that Israel's leaders decided "to take pre-emptive military action" with "a surprise air attack on June 5," rather than "wait for the first blow of an Arab attack".

As Reiss notes, Wells's books were eerily prescient: Some saw in Steven Spielberg's version of "War of the Worlds" an allegory of September 11th, but "The War in the Air" actually describes the destruction, by a surprise air attack, of Manhattan.

More than any risk of serious damage or casualties, the worry now is that the Tigers' ability to mount surprise air attacks could disrupt the country's only international airport, scare away tourists and discourage investment.With over 500,000 arrivals a year, yielding an income of $410 million, tourism was Sri Lanka's third-biggest dollar earner last year.

The fundamental causes of the American defeat, the authors believe, were the skill, boldness and luck of the Japanese in planning and carrying out the operation and the inability of American leaders in Washington and Hawaii to truly believe in and act upon the notion that the Japanese could make a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor.

On 7 December 1941, a Japanese carrier fleet launched a surprise air attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor; the USA entered the war on Britain's side.

On the night of 10 11 November, the British Mediterranean Fleet launched a surprise air raid on the harbor in Taranto.

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"Parks & Rec's" "Halloween Surprise" airs Thursday, Oct. 25 at 9 30 p.m. ET on NBC.

Added bonus: He's not just a sexting maniac -- he might be a killer, too! "Law & Order: SVU" episode "October Surprise" airs Wed., Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC; "Scandal" episode "Say Hello To My Little Friend" airs Thurs., Oct. 24 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

It should come as no surprise to air travelers that delays in the air over New York doubled in the last three years.

That phrase of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's usually refers to the preceding day, on which the American Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor was savaged by a surprise Japanese air raid.

SURPRISE The air of courage and resolve with which the Writers Guildd went on strike, and then the very rapid decision to start talking again after less than three weeks' "hardship".

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