1. Army engineers report that a faulty fuse cap attached to several hundred pounds of TNT prevented the Germans from blowing the bridge while the American spearhead was crossing it. 2. But at the height of the fighting between Muslims and Croats two years ago, the bridge was blown up. 3. In the town of Glogovac, one bridge was blown up near its northern end, and another was damaged by explosives, Reuters reported. 4. Journeys that once took a few hours now take days because roads have been reduced to backbreaking washboards and bridges have been blown away. 5. The Roving Pickets, groups of unemployed miners, traveled the hills blowing up bridges, threatening officials and sowing mischief. 6. They toppled electrical and communications towers and blew up bridges. 7. Two bridges were blown up in other states. 8. U.S. special forces have also been active in the region, blowing up bridges, blocking roads and working to unify Pashtun tribal leaders against the Taliban. 9. We were much luckier than a driver from the previous day, who had not been warned that the bridge was blown. 10. A bridge there was blown up on Saturday, forcing cars to take a long detour through a stronghold of Chechen forces opposed to Dudayev. |