Word: counterattacking
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...worry when the ball goes into our defending 50 yards," Mabrey said, explaining that her defense's abilities allow her to concentrate on counterattack rather than crossing her fingers against a defensive breakdown...
...Palestinians make up some 65% of Jordan's population of 2.3 million. What is more, the presence of the P.L.O. in Jordan in such close proximity to the West Bank raises the threat that the guerrillas will mount terrorist raids on the Israelis and thus provoke an overwhelming counterattack that could be devastating to Hussein's kingdom...
Still, this time the Iranian high command abandoned its suicidal tactic of human wave assaults and adopted a more conventional deployment of armor and artillery to confront the Iraqis. The Iranian forces pushed eleven miles inside Iraqi territory before they were stopped by a ferocious counterattack near the strategic Iraqi port of Basra. For the spoils of a few miles of sun-baked marshland, some 2,000 Iranians lost their lives. Iraq now says that more than 21,000 Iranian troops have been killed in the abortive drive on Basra, while Iraqi casualties, though not publicized, are estimated...
...Iraqi trap was sprung near a man-made body of water called Fish Lake. For a short time, the Iranians held the pumping station that feeds river water into the lake, but they were soon beaten back by an Iraqi counterattack. Once again in Iraqi hands, the pumps are pouring thousands of gallons into Fish Lake, thereby increasing the size of the water barrier against an enemy armored thrust...
...fail to make a clear distinction between the P.L.O. and the Palestinians. For years, the P.L.O. has operated from heavily populated areas. Yasser Arafat knew that an Israeli counterattack would result in heavy civilian losses. The security of his terrorist organization was and still is more important to him than the safety of people he claims to be defending. Michael Maya Oak Ridge, Tenn...