All things that were black but crusted in yellow. He wrote, it seemed like the cross were made of shell splinters, black blood congealed on a yellow dead face. Ban daniels crusted with pus, strangled cries of horse voices, gangrene flesh on a leg. The thought unsettled him. He was scheduled to return to the front the next day. He didnt want to see all those black and yellow sights again. Four days later he was killed. His opinion of the hollowness of glory well defined the ex peeshs of the great war. The symbol of the iron cross took on two meanings. One, the symbol of courage and fortitude. The other, the emblem of suffering and death. One was the vision of the strategist and politicians with the medal ought to symbolize. The other was a vision of the soldiers, those who remembered only the wars human cost. High minded ideals, love of country and patriotism were essential to the human character. How could such a transformation happen so quickly . I would contend that the sweeping forc
He had goblets made of silver to award the winning competitors. Agriculture in Corpus Christi brought many wealthy families to the area that helped bring success through the ages. Corpus christi has subsisted mostly on agriculture based in sheep, cotton, and cattle. King ranch subsists mostly of cattle. They have the running w brand. He sent he fenced his land in barbed wire. That stopped transporting of any goods through his land without his control. Since he controlled who was on his land, he also controlled the cotton that could be smelled around the Union Blockade and eventually sold to mexico since they could not get it out of the ports in Corpus Christi to sell for profit. King ranch has been one of the prominent wrenches in the area. They own most of the land between here and mexico which control the lot of the commerce happening during the mid to late 1800s, before the railroads came into town. After the civil war, with all the ranch money being made by king, entity and others,
Billions of dollars. The iraqi army has begun a major ground offensive to retake tikrit. It follows an announcement by the yauts that armed drones are flying over baghdad to protect recently arrived military advisors. U. S. Air strikes still have not been authorised by the president. It would be irsocial irresponsible for us not be making preparations. Some of the aircraft is for force Application Air forces, flying over iran. Lets look at the position on the ground. In the north Peshmerga Forces are reasserting command. Rebels are increasing their presence on the border with syria, mosul is undergoing Government Air strikes. Its been held by rebels since 10 june. The government says its in control of the countrys largest oil refinery. Rebels command tikrit where a major government offensive is taking place. Lets get the latest from imran khan, who joins us live. What is happening with the retaking of tikrit . What is happening on the ground . For the last three weeks the government as
Plus, a sampling of the fast finger work of musicians as they escape the hardship of life in gaza. The turmoil in iraq and what government sources are calling the zero the army says its retaken tikrit and said that the military has reached only the outskirts of the city and has not pushed into tikrit yet. The police say theyre getting ready for attacks and rebels. The government began the offensive by securing the road to baghdad. It claims it has received support of tribes from samarra to tikrit. We have the latest. Its difficult to get the truth of what has happened on the ground. The Iraqi Government saying it has taken tikrit, any evidence that that is the command or not . Well, that certainly is what the Iraqi Government would like you to believe. Theyve been placing that message on state television saying that tikrit has been cleansed of isil fighters. The army says they are on the outskirts. They are putting isil under pressure with helicopter fire in their bases and identifyout
Today. A key suspect in the 2012 attack on the u. S. Compound in bengahzi, libya, has arrived on american soil. Khatallah was picked up in a secret raid just outside of bengahzi on june 15th. After interrogations on board of an u. S. Naval ship he is now in washington, d. C. Reporter well there, are still a lot of questions about how this is going to proceed, but we are told that he is now in a federal courthouse not very far from our studios here, and under tight security and could be appearing before a federal judge in a matter of hours facing murder charges. There are attacks that killed chris stevens, u. S. Ambassador, along with three support staff. Leading up to him arriving in washington he has been on board of a navy ship for five days. He has been under intense questioning by investigators. He was captured ten days ago in a raid by u. S. Commandos, and since then there have been attempts to learn more about this case and those attacks that took place in 2012. Now i can tell yo