Every so often, they would stage a lightning raid across the border.

Alexias was commissioned to lead a small body of cavalry into the desert on a lightning raid.

The administration may be considering using commando units to make lightning raids against terrorist camps at night.

But then they seemed to make progress, arresting some of Aidid's lieutenants in lightning raids.

I know it was a lightning raid, and you had no opportunity to do more than spike them.

He sent out small bands on lightning raids.

"My best men were killed and our security people were captured in a lightning raid that was totally unexpected."

So he planned a lightning raid on the godfather's own fortress by daylight.

Cheney yesterday was calling Obama a wimp for not doing a lightning raid to get the spyplane back.

Of course the lightning raids were carried out by criminals.