commando
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The Germans and other hijackers were shot dead when Israeli commandos liberated all but four of the 106 hostages in a legendary rescue mission.
He said he would personally oversee the next stage in the country’s history after Maduro was unseated in an audacious nighttime raid by American commandos.
Some of the most secret operatives weren’t professional spies or commandos in camouflage.
The U.S. also stations commandos and other forces in Somalia itself, where they help elite local troops fighting al-Shabaab—an Islamist insurgent group affiliated with al Qaeda—and the Somali branch of Islamic State.
Still, Makasi rose quickly, becoming a commando instructor training elite units.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
