1. They will possibly see it as a top priority to further check the strategic offensives launched by Russia across the Caucasian region.
2. He may have inflicted civilian casualties in his offensives against the rebels, as in the case of any civil war in any country.
3. The fighters also managed to take control of others parts of the southern desert city, even as military offensives stalled to the north.
4. Government troops have launched several offensives to drive the rebels out of those areas.
5. Fox has warned Gadhafi that he or others involved in organizing offensives launched by his loyalists could now be considered a legitimate target in airstrikes.
6. The ambush came a week after military offensives flushed out an estimated 500 MILF rebels from 15 poor farming villages in North Cotabato province.
7. The army has launched brief offensives in South Waziristan before, the first in 2004 when it suffered heavy casualties before striking a peace pact.
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8. Pakistan has launched several offensives against extremist groups in the area over the past year, but attacks persist.
9. The plan failed eventually amid concerns of setting a precedent for other nations to carry out such offensives of their own.
10. Dias said the former rebel headquarters would be used as the main staging area to launch future offensives against the Tamil Tigers.