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All this is designed to put more punch into our army's offensive against the enemy.

Plastic comes from oil, but despite launching a charm offensive against BP, he never did make it out to an oil rig.

Israel said it had no choice but to launch an offensive against Hamas to stop such rocket attacks.

The new general immediately launched an offensive against the enemy.

The point is not to engage offensive against Somali pirates.

Coalition troops in Afghanistan mounted their biggest offensive against the Taliban since the start of the eight-year war.

They launched a fierce offensive against the enemy position.

Half a million or more US troops poured into the tiny colony in preparation for the great counter-offensive against the Japanese.

NATO commanders have warned of an increase in violence as Afghan and coalition forces go on the offensive against insurgents.

Mexico has started to fight back; and its continuing offensive against the drugs mafias has pushed them down into Central America.

Last week, in response to a Kurdish PKK attack on its forces, Turkey launched a major offensive against the Kurdish rebels.

Up to 100000 civilians have fled Pakistan's South Waziristan because of a military offensive against Taliban militants, Reuters reported.

Israel is going on the offensive against a scathing United Nations report about alleged atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

In May, insurgents launched a renewed offensive against the new unity government, made up of Islamists and secular politicians.

Better armed and trained Yemeni forces have begun to take the offensive against AQAP strongholds.

Russian forces launched a winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front during World War II.

It's a strong signal that Israel is entering a new phase of its 16-day offensive against Hamas.

Meanwhile, Nato, US and Afghan forces are preparing their biggest offensive against the rebels in the southern province of Kandahar.

Al-Maliki will likely mount a major military offensive against them ahead of the election, hoping to score some political points.

At a joint news conference, Mr. Brown praised the current Pakistani army offensive against Taliban targets in the Swat valley.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon began a major offensive against the criminal organizations shortly after taking office in December 2006.

Pakistan's army launched a long-awaited offensive against Taliban strongholds in the tribal area of South Waziristan, to fierce resistance.

Israel's security Cabinet has approved a wider ground offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

Ethnic-Somali rebels in the south-east of Ethiopia say they have launched an offensive against government forces and captured several towns.

Pakistan's army launched an offensive against Taliban militants in the Swat valley in North-West Frontier Province.

Nearly 2. 4m people are reported to have fled an army offensive against Taliban militants, launched early this month at America's behest.

They kidnap reporters and worse, and just before our interview they had announced a new offensive against U. S. and NATO troops.

He commanded the military offensive against the Kokang army in August.

Coalition troops mounted their biggest offensive against the Taliban since 2001.

U. S. and Iraqi troops launched a major offensive against insurgents in Baghdads western Abu Ghraib district late yesterday.

Yemen says it will suspend its military offensive against Shiah rebels in the north of the country if the rebels agreed to do the same.

In fact, Kennan never believed that Moscow intended a military offensive against Western Europe.

The Japanese militarists started an all-round offensive against China.

The government has ordered its troops to launch the biggest offensive against the armed rebellion stationed on the islands.

Yet though the offensive against al-Qaeda shows a new determination, it also carries risks.

He adds it is easier to mount an offensive against militants in the Khyber Agency than in more remote tribal sanctuaries.

Expect Sir Paul to launch a charm offensive against the mayor.

Our army made a fierce offensive against enemies.

It is also deplorable to note Israel's Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai warn that the offensive against Gaza could take weeks.

In 1942, during World War Two, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt.

The Allies opened a general offensive against them.

After making a couple of sister cities, I went on the offensive against Greece. He eventually crumbled, but not before begging for mercy.

The government hasordered its troops to launch the biggest offensive against the rebels.

Napoleon's offensive against Russia in 1812 failed because of the cold winter.

We should launch an offensive against organized crime.

By July Chiang Kai-shek HAD openly torn up the truce agreement and launched an all-out offensive against the Liberated Areas

henceforward the task of the world anti-fascist front is to take the offensive against the fascist front and inflict final defeat on Fascism

India is preparing an armed offensive against Maoist rebels Photo: AFP

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