Now another surprise foreign incursion, Australia's, is transforming Manus reality.
She lasted for more than a minute on stage before being escorted off by security guards, who appeared to be taken by surprise by the incursion.
Otherwise his path through the potential complexities of their relationship is straightforward, and despite grief, heroism and armed incursion, without much surprise.
Regional analysts were surprised by Colombia's border incursion and said that while the escalation was largely posturing for domestic audiences, a conflict was possible.
On March 14, White House officials awoke to a nasty surprise: the Saudis had led a military incursion into Bahrain, followed by a crackdown in which the security forces cleared Pearl Square in the capital, Manama, by force.
Habré readily replied to this setback with the first Chadian incursion in Libyan territory of the Chadian Libyan conflict, mounting on 5 September a surprise and fully successful raid against the key Libyan air base at Maaten al-Sarra.
The government's policy towards the Israeli incursion into Gaza was in danger of falling apart on Tuesday night in the wake of the surprise resignation of the Foreign Office minister Sayeeda Warsi and a demand by Nick Clegg that Britain immediately suspend arms export licences to Israel.
American officials acknowledge that following the Sept. 3 raid they were surprised by the intensity of the Pakistani response, which included an unannounced visit to Washington, three weeks after the incursion, by the country's national security adviser, Mahmud Ali Durrani.
Having surprised his guide with his incursions, Burckhardt was hurried to the city's parched core, the Colonnaded Street and the temple of Qasr al-Bint.
Russia denied any incursion.
