[stainlessbanner]

Silk purses I can not make out of sow's ears.

Confucious, just give him an answer. Your posts are getting more and more obscure.

[bvw]

Disturbing the terrorist's normal, expected or anticpated enviroment is a tactic.

1. 

   Cicada killers inhabit disturbed environments; they require bare soil or very short grass in order to nest. These would be rare in a natural environment, but since we humans all have homes and yards, they are common. In fact, there are probably more cicada killers than ever because of the presence of modern human cultural practices.

   (Source: ""Cicada Killer Control", http://homepages.culver.edu/faculty/jcoelho/control.htm)

2. "Saving American lives by virtue of disrupting terrorism." -- John Ashcroft, 28 May 2004.

3. Preempting terrorist operations and penetrating, disrupting, and destroying terrorist groups that target the interests of the United States -- Acting DCI William O. Studeman, 6 April 1995

4. "Hunting down terrorists one by one: Bush's bold approach to fighting terrorism. Example: Under his leadership, the United States and our allies are disrupting terrorist operations, cutting off their funding and hunting down terrorists one by one." -- William Saletan, SLATE, Thursday, April 8, 2004 (Analysing Coondi Rice's remarks)