But after being pummeled by airstrikes for months, ISIS' de-facto capital is now surrounded by US-backed rebels on three sides.
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The country he was hoping to call his own was partially obscured behind a metal border fence in the process of being reinforced with barbed wire by construction crews surrounded by US soldiers.
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"After seeing your capabilities and commitment here today, I am more confident than ever that our options in addressing this threat are both effective and overwhelming," Trump said inside an airplane hangar, surrounded by US airmen and with a looming stealth bomber positioned behind him.
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Interviews with smugglers and human traffickers, carried out over the summer and fall, reveal for the first time how, in the shadows of America's war against them, ISIS members have been able to use the financial resources they gathered over the three-plus years they controlled their territory to escape the battlefield — even when surrounded by US allies.
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The Henderson mine is on private land. However, the mine is surrounded by US Forest Service land of the Arapaho National Forest. There is a public parking lot on the Jones Pass Road near the mine, and the National Forest land near the mine is popular year-round for hiking, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing.
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Newnan–Coweta County Airport is a public use airport in Coweta County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the Newnan & Coweta County Airport Authority. The airport is located south of the central business district of Newnan, Georgia and southwest of Atlanta. It is surrounded by US 29 and I-85 and owned by the county.
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Hibbs pp. 70–79 The Old Courthouse, which lies in the center of the district surrounded by US 31E and US 150, was constructed in 1892 at the cost of $30,000. It now serves as the Visitor Center for Bardstown, with the new courthouse being built where the original Wal-Mart in Bardstown was located.Thomason, Sec.
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Kortzfleisch and a handful of soldiers had tried to get to Berleburg, moving behind the enemy lines. A US patrol encountered them at Schmallenberg-Wulwesort, Sauerland. The general defended himself with a machine pistol as he was surrounded by US soldiers, and was told to put his hands up. After he refused to do this, he was instantly shot by a US soldier.
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As of April 2020, New York State does not issue optional gender X driver's license yet - despite being completely surrounded by US states, that already have a gender X option available on drivers licenses. In July 2020, New York State is being sued in federal court by a 25 year old individual - due to only male or female options and no gender X or non-binary options being available on drivers licences and I.D.s issued within New York State.
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The children, with no school to attend, mostly watched the war, fascinated but sometimes terrified. The authorities soon despatched the evacuees to safer places. Eventually her mother found a home in Framlingham, her family home. Like Weymouth it wasn’t very safe, being surrounded by US airbases. Returning to London in 1945, she was admitted to an elite girls’ day school, but its snobbery and authoritarianism alienated her. Women from her lower middle class background rarely went to university in the fifties, and in consequence it wasn’t until personal tragedy intervened that she did.
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