During our visit to this historic observation post, we heard anti-aircraft fire coming from the city.

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In June, Cpl Michael John Thacker was shot while on duty at observation post in Nahr-e Saraj.

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During World War II, it was used as an observation post by the local Home Guard and Observer Corps.

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It did not explode when it landed a short distance from a military observation post in the village of Glassdrumman near Crossmaglen.

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The UN said they had been on "a regular supply mission" when they were stopped near an observation post by the armed men.

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It had been abandoned about 600 feet from the observation post.

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Local Sinn Fein councillor Packie McDonald, who witnessed the incident, said the helicopter appeared to go into a spin as it tried to land at a military observation post.

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Most annoying of all is the lack of a conclusion: the book ends with a garbled account of the downfall of Margaret Thatcher and the limp observation that the 1980s were by far the most interesting part of the post-war era.

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So this is not a book review, just an observation, based on the wall-to-wall reporting on the contents of What Happened and the post-publication public statements of its author: With all due respect, I think Peggy Noonan is wrong.

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