Tal

The name Tal—a traditional Hebrew name that, unhappily for a school-age boy, is also the word for "number" in Danish—coupled with a surname that was exotic in a small homogenous country, left Tal R often having to explain himself.

The Tell-Tale Art of Tal R Natalia Rachlin 2011

Staff Sgt. Ryan L. Zorn, 35, of Upton, Wyo., died Nov. 16 in Tal Afar, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over.

Gulf War II 2010

Las Vegas, Nev., died of injuries sustained in Tal Afar, Iraq, on May 7, when his unit came under enemy small arms fire during combat operations.

Gulf War II 2009

• Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd, 26, Milwaukee; died in Tal Afar of wounds from an explosive; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

January 2008 2008

He was a supporter and practitioner of counterinsurgency tactics, commanding a battalion in Tal Afar in 2005-6, and was recruited by David Petraeus as an occasional advisor on the pacification of Baghdad in 2007.

McMaster Gets His Star - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

ReFresh, by Ruth Tal is available at your local library, not to mention other good veggie cookbooks.

Meatless Wonder kittenpie 2008

ReFresh, by Ruth Tal is available at your local library, not to mention other good veggie cookbooks.

Archive 2008-01-01 kittenpie 2008

Dunnellon, Fla., died Oct 14 in Tal Afar, Iraq, from injuries suffered in

Gulf War II 2007

Milwaukee, died Jan. 12 in Tal Afar, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

Gulf War II 2007

Farther to the north, in Tal Afar, Army Colonel H.R. McMaster successfully employed a similar technique.

Streetwise 2007