The more modern units sustained damage but rode out nature 's onslaught , even if just barely , despite facing forces far greater than what they were designed to withstand .
They say that officials are trying to shift the focus from the crackdown on protesters for bashar assad to go and convince visiting arab league observers that they are facing a terrorist onslaught .
After all , the publishing onslaught from the united states is enough to make english-speaking canadians try to put up barriers to protect their magazines in apparent defiance of the world trade organisation : canada 's cultural industries are at stake , they say .
Since he turned over the bag of valuables , mr. jalloh has been swept up in a whirlwind of attention , from the news media onslaught to the phone calls from friends and family to his newfound fame among the community of cabdrivers , who constantly tease him that he was a fool to return the loot .