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"According to verified information, as a result of a fire raid, four tanks of separatists were destroyed or damaged, as well as two armored vehicles, two D-30 howitzers, one infantry combat vehicle and up to 200 militants," he said.

The attack saw militia members backed by truck-mounted anti-aircraft guns, mortars and rocket fire raid the parliament building in the heart of Tripoli, sending lawmakers fleeing for their lives as gunmen ransacked the legislature.

A B-29 crew man shot down in a big fire raid last spring had a different angle� Cordially, Sirs: Why shouldn't all of us admit our respective parts in the Pearl Harbor disaster?

Two weeks later, in the great City fire raid, his building disappeared and with it his machines, stock and records�and our jobs as well.

This, the heaviest attack on Tokyo, was another fire raid, and thousands of tons of incendiaries were unloaded on the Itadashi Arsenal and 30 other targets in five square miles of the city.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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