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  • “Four brothers will be on the roof, four on the ground, and four patrolling the floors between the roof and the ground—a twelve-man detail, given that we have a VIP in the house,” Jamaerah said to Azrael as they entered a long hallway that had huge offices lining either side of the corridor.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • They went up to the West Gate, where they could look down on a rolling sea of tile rooftops in the town below, or four miles out to Jialing, where they could go down to the river and watch the junks being rowed by twelve-man crews chanting songs as they passed.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • This time Karzai was also accompanied by a twelve-man Special Forces team and half a dozen CIA officers.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • This time Karzai was also accompanied by a twelve-man Special Forces team and half a dozen CIA officers.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • This time Karzai was also accompanied by a twelve-man Special Forces team and half a dozen CIA officers.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • “Four brothers will be on the roof, four on the ground, and four patrolling the floors between the roof and the ground—a twelve-man detail, given that we have a VIP in the house,” Jamaerah said to Azrael as they entered a long hallway that had huge offices lining either side of the corridor.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • They went up to the West Gate, where they could look down on a rolling sea of tile rooftops in the town below, or four miles out to Jialing, where they could go down to the river and watch the junks being rowed by twelve-man crews chanting songs as they passed.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • This time Karzai was also accompanied by a twelve-man Special Forces team and half a dozen CIA officers.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Well-coordinated twelve-man Special Forces “A Teams,” some on horseback, helped to rout the Taliban from Kabul.

    Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

  • The loading time with a twelve-man crew averaged six minutes; unloading averaged thirty minutes but sometimes could be done in less than ten minutes, depending on the cargo.

    Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010

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