During our visit to this historic observation post, we heard anti-aircraft fire coming from the city.
In June, Cpl Michael John Thacker was shot while on duty at observation post in Nahr-e Saraj.
During World War II, it was used as an observation post by the local Home Guard and Observer Corps.
It did not explode when it landed a short distance from a military observation post in the village of Glassdrumman near Crossmaglen.
The UN said they had been on "a regular supply mission" when they were stopped near an observation post by the armed men.
Dissident republicans are believed to have carried out an attempted mortar bomb attack on a south Armagh army observation post on Wednesday night.
It had been abandoned about 600 feet from the observation post.
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.
BBC: Wreckage of the crashed army helicopter in south Armagh
At the observation post, situated just a short distance from the actual demarcation line, security personnel had installed a bulletproof glass screen to protect the president as he surveyed the border region.
But market-research data, anecdote and simple observation all suggest that the economy has recovered from the post-communist crunch a bit more smartly.
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.
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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