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  • Tarin Kowt, the dusty, fly-blown provincial capital, was devoid of any women, its central market peopled by fierce Pashtun tribesmen wearing the black turbans favored by the Taliban.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Tarin Kowt, the dusty, fly-blown provincial capital, was devoid of any women, its central market peopled by fierce Pashtun tribesmen wearing the black turbans favored by the Taliban.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Tarin Kowt, the dusty, fly-blown provincial capital, was devoid of any women, its central market peopled by fierce Pashtun tribesmen wearing the black turbans favored by the Taliban.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Tarin Kowt, the dusty, fly-blown provincial capital, was devoid of any women, its central market peopled by fierce Pashtun tribesmen wearing the black turbans favored by the Taliban.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In Wombats, mange causes fly-blown sores, blindness and weakens the animal, making them more susceptible to secondary infection, starvation and eventually a slow and painful death.

    The Woe of the Wombat Jess 2010

  • In Wombats, mange causes fly-blown sores, blindness and weakens the animal, making them more susceptible to secondary infection, starvation and eventually a slow and painful death.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Jess 2010

  • The police would be chasing more recent villains and the hot serial numbers would have faded into fly-blown obscurity on out-of-date lists.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • The windows were taped over with fly-blown posters of warriors in armor and women in fur bikinis, both wielding light sabers and watched over by bearded magicians.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • The windows were taped over with fly-blown posters of warriors in armor and women in fur bikinis, both wielding light sabers and watched over by bearded magicians.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • The windows were taped over with fly-blown posters of warriors in armor and women in fur bikinis, both wielding light sabers and watched over by bearded magicians.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

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