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Warning: Ordnance Testing

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March 2nd 2009
Lying on a gray foam mat on a patch of desert pavement in a wide wash in the Owlshead Mountains. Flashes of chemical light had preceded the dawn. Bomb blasts glided across the salt pan. Only a mountain range separated me and the war games being had, while the scorpions and tarantulas fought over space in the bottom of my left boot. I was sleeping and not at the same time. Machine gun drea ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Gaza Strip » Gaza

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more