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Make no mistake about it: the Gaddafi takedown, which ended with the holed-up dictator, à la Saddam Hussein, shot in the neck and chest, would not have been possible without the action of France's hyperactive president, Nicolas Sarkozy.

Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Libya: Sarko the Impulsive Meets Dorian Gray Dr. Charles G. Cogan 2011

Make no mistake about it: the Gaddafi takedown, which ended with the holed-up dictator, Ã la Saddam Hussein, shot in the neck and chest, would not have been possible without the action of France's hyperactive president, Nicolas Sarkozy.

Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Libya: Sarko the Impulsive Meets Dorian Gray Dr. Charles G. Cogan 2011

We had never done that before we'd usually kind of holed-up and isolated ourselves.

Mike Ragogna: A Conversation With My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Plus Stephen Said's "Take A Stand" Download Mike Ragogna 2011

We had never done that before we'd usually kind of holed-up and isolated ourselves.

Mike Ragogna: A Conversation With My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Plus Stephen Said's "Take A Stand" Download Mike Ragogna 2011

In an epic seven-week siege in 1215, he assailed rebels holed-up in the great keep of Rochester Castle in Kent.

The House Impregnable Stephen Brumwell 2011

Yeah, we've just sort of been holed-up in the studio trying to figure out what the day feels like more than anything else.

A Master of Kung Folk : a Conversation With Benjamin Taylor 2010

The band is holed-up in a Manhattan studio, preparing for their new gig as the house band on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," the NBC show that will take Conan O'Brien's place when O'Brien moves to "The Tonight Show."

The Roots: We Wouldn't Have Survived Without Jimmy Fallon 2010

The band is holed-up in a Manhattan studio, preparing for their new gig as the house band on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," the NBC show that will take Conan O'Brien's place when O'Brien moves to "The Tonight Show."

The Roots: We Wouldn't Have Survived Without Jimmy Fallon 2010

Just recently, stories have appeared both on Britain's SkyTV and in the Guardian newspaper, reporting on an alarming rise in unusual birth defects and infant cancers in Fallujah as well as in other Iraqi cities like Basra, Najaf, Baghdad and Samara -- all urban areas where there were major assaults by US forces both in the initial invasion, when most of the DU weapons were used, and later during fights against holed-up insurgent groups.

Dave Lindorff: President Obama: Don't Lecture China on Censorship 2009

But what happens in 18 months if the Taliban is undefeated, Al Qaeda is still holed-up in Pakistan, and Afghanistan remains a hotbed of instability?

Miles Mogulescu: Obamastan: There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Soldiers 2009