Cheetahs are lovely creatures, and famously fleet of foot.* Cheetahs are lovely creatures, and famously fleet of foot. They are not always fleet enough to escape poachers, however, so that the cheetah is now an endangered species. Well, a restaurateur in the provincial city of Gode, in eastern Ethiopia, acquired a pair of cheetah cubs from local poachers and set them to fighting each other for the entertainment of his patrons. Plainly there is not much to do of an evening in backcountry Ethiopia. Fortunately the cubs were spotted (so to speak) by soldiers of the U.S. counterterrorism coun·ter·ter·ror adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism: counterterror measures; counterterror weapons. n. Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism. task force that operates in the Horn of Africa Horn of Africa, peninsula, NE Africa, opposite the S Arabia Peninsula. Also known as the Somali Peninsula, it encompasses Somalia and E Ethiopia and is the easternmost extension of the continent, separating the Gulf of Aden from the Indian Ocean. . The soldiers alerted local veterinary authorities and arranged air transport, and the cheetah cubs have been saved. In the context of the War on Terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism , this incident could hardly be more trivial. It does, though, illuminate a rather attractive side of our nation's worldwide reach and military presence. How many of the inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. of Ethiopia (GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. per capita $800) will take the point is another matter. |
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