racism against Arabs in the New York Times

On the front page of the New York Times today, there is this main headline:  "Swarm of Rebels Seize Compound but not Qaddafi".  This is from my main paper copy.  Swarm is usually reserved to large number of insects.  Ironically, this is about rebels that the paper is ostensibly sympathetic to.  Then the article says this:  "rebel fighters crashed through the gates of Col.Muammar el-Qaddafi’s fortresslike compound Tuesday, running madly across its sprawling lawns..."  So were US occupation troops "running madly" when they invaded the capital in 2003?