But the headlines that followed in the next few days were impossible to dismiss: "up to 12 marines die in raid on their base as fierce fighting spreads to 6 iraqi cities" (the Times); "under siege" (the News); "40 reported killed in fallujah mosque" (Associated Press).
In the same year, as a colonel, he led a daring operation to relieve troops who at the time were under siege in Jaffna fort in the north of the country.
In his memoir, "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege.
Emotional constipation is definitely not the problem for Mel and Edna Edison (Mr. Goldblum and Ms. Ruehl), the hard-times Manhattanites under siege in "Prisoner".
The disclosure comes from former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge in his new book, "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege... and How We Can Be Safe Again".
(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times) "Mexico Under Siege" READ THE SERIES "When the cartel violence first blew up in Tijuana, I spent a week with photojournalists there who could help me find the hot spots without getting killed".
At the time, Congress was under siege for what was widely perceived as abuse of members' franking privileges.
Three times Rome was under siege; its aqueducts were cut, and once it was abandoned by its inhabitants.
"That territory is political power, and in a revolution you don't negotiate the sharing of it". Militarization is sometimes more than a figure of speech, and Lopez's administration at times has seemed under siege.
This is not the first time Peshawar has been under siege, with militants menacing the city in 2008 and 2009.
