Word: counterattacks
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...hurt, of course, that the winds of war had also begun to blow in his favor. Last summer the Angolan army launched a Cuban-backed offensive against UNITA strongholds in the southeast of the country. South African forces responded with a full-scale counterattack that drove the Angolans and Cubans back to the town of Cuito Cuanavale. Three months ago in southwest Angola, Cuban troops took up positions as close as ten miles from the Namibian border. Bogged down in an expensive and demoralizing military stalemate, all three governments have become increasingly receptive to a settlement that would...
...about the same time, Iran launched what at first appeared to be a successful offensive into northern Iraq. The push was stopped by a counterattack in which the Iraqis, according to the Iranians, used poison gas; hundreds of Iraq's own civilians perished in the city of Halabja. Iran Expert Shaul Bakhash of George Mason University says the combination of Iraqi missile and chemical attacks disheartened the Iranians. "It brought home to them for the first time that they were exposed and alone...
...area in contention, known as Stuart's Hill, is adjacent to the park along the Warrenton Turnpike, which cuts through the heart of the battlefield. At the second battle of Manassas in 1862, the hill served as the staging ground for General James Longstreet's counterattack, which led to a Confederate victory...
...case, the American First Lady is ready to launch a counterattack. East Wing scouts have collected photographs of every site where the two women will meet, and Nancy has an eye on every detail -- from where to sit to be out of the wind to the color of towels in the powder rooms. It should be a meeting to remember. How will Nancy's homework compare with Raisa's recent English lessons? Will Raisa's hair, which was formerly hennaed in the salon of Moscow's exclusive International Hotel, match the brilliance of Nancy's, which is touched up with...
John Adams' victory over Thomas Jefferson in the presidential election of 1796 might not have been due to Adams' strident handbills, but it gave birth to a tradition in American politics that still flourishes: accentuating the negative. The rule is: when in doubt, attack; when attacked, counterattack. History will show that in New Hampshire last week a Vice President's hard- hitting, negative television ads in response to an insurgent Senator's first strike pushed the Vice President to victory. On the Democratic side, two rivals strafed each other over the airwaves and basically reached a draw...