Word: militiaization
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...hammer and anvil" maneuver on Saturday, allied forces tried to encircle al-Qaeda fighters and cut off their escape routes, while Afghan militia advanced into the valley. Instead the Americans found themselves pinned down by mortar fire and rescued only after a fierce 18-hour fire fight. In the next three days, eight Americans were killed in battle...
...inside these camps are intended in part to enable soldiers to arrest bombmakers and gunmen, though the wanted men are often able to flee in time. A greater benefit of these operations, TIME has learned from senior Israeli officers, is to force the gunmen from the Tanzim, a Fatah militia, to exert their energy by defending their homes in the camps instead of by plotting attacks on Israelis...
...came as the Israelis and Palestinians signaled that they are settling in for protracted combat. Attacks by Palestinian bombers on pizzerias and commuter buses are still common, but the most recent raids have targeted Israeli military installations, soldiers and police. On Tuesday gunmen from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militia linked to Arafat's Fatah faction, ambushed and killed six Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint. That prompted Israeli assaults from land, air and sea against Arafat's few security buildings and police stations in the Gaza Strip and West Bank that haven't already been pulverized. After...
...came as the Israelis and Palestinians signaled that they are settling in for protracted combat. Attacks by Palestinian bombers on pizzerias and commuter buses are still common, but the most recent raids have targeted Israeli military installations, soldiers and police. On Tuesday gunmen from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militia linked to Arafat's Fatah faction, ambushed and killed six Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint. That prompted Israeli assaults from land, air and sea against Arafat's few security buildings and police stations in the Gaza Strip and West Bank that haven't already been pulverized. After...
...Arafat, however, is not about to make things easier for Sharon. In a politically savvy shift, the militias of his own Fatah organization have lately been concentrating their fire on Israeli soldiers and settlers outside of the Jewish State's 1967 borders. The reasoning behind the new focus has long been articulated by the likes of Fatah militia leader Marwan Barghouti: Suicide bombings inside Israel unite Israelis, and focus international pressure on restraining Palestinian terror. But attacks on symbols of the occupation - such as settlements and military checkpoints - may be perceived differently, both by many Israelis and by most...