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Petards of Mass Destruction yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Petards of Mass Destruction'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Is it possible to convict a group of people of the highest possible crime simply by editing together public statements that they made while planning it?'
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Hoisted on Their Own Petards'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'In raising Nuremberg as precedent for its desire to snuff three terrorists, they have reminded the world that, just sixty years ago, public officials guilty of war crimes were held accountable.
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Critical Video -- Petards of Mass Destruction 2008
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The British landing plan for each brigade front called for four LCTs carrying four DD tanks apiece to put these ashore at H5 minutes, followed at H-Hour by four LCTs carrying the specialized armour—flails, Crocodiles, Petards and the like—with sapper groups to begin work on the obstacles.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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The British landing plan for each brigade front called for four LCTs carrying four DD tanks apiece to put these ashore at H5 minutes, followed at H-Hour by four LCTs carrying the specialized armour—flails, Crocodiles, Petards and the like—with sapper groups to begin work on the obstacles.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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The British landing plan for each brigade front called for four LCTs carrying four DD tanks apiece to put these ashore at H5 minutes, followed at H-Hour by four LCTs carrying the specialized armour—flails, Crocodiles, Petards and the like—with sapper groups to begin work on the obstacles.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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The British landing plan for each brigade front called for four LCTs carrying four DD tanks apiece to put these ashore at H5 minutes, followed at H-Hour by four LCTs carrying the specialized armour—flails, Crocodiles, Petards and the like—with sapper groups to begin work on the obstacles.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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(Petards are small bombs used for blowing in doors.)
Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare John L. Spivak
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Petards were used frequently in King William's War of the 1680's to force the gates of small German towns.
Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Albert Manucy
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Shares in aim listed CCTV company Petards flew off the shelf after it said profit before
WN.com - Articles related to Gordon Brown's plan for global bank tax 'a step closer' 2010
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