Word: regrouping
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...with the main rebel group has joined with government troops against their old comrades. The Sri Lankan military is now opening up a new front in the northwest. But there are few signs that the military is on the verge of victory. The L.T.T.E. has used tactical withdrawals to regroup following defeats in the past and is still able to spring surprises. In late February a group of foreign diplomats, including the U.S. and Italian ambassadors, had just helicoptered into Batticaloa, an area the government had assured them was safe, when they came under rebel mortar fire. (Both ambassadors were...
...villages in the border areas, with the intention of imposing their strict interpretation of Islam on a population unable to fight back. Like the Taliban in the late 1990s in Afghanistan, the jihadists are believed to be providing leaders of al-Qaeda with the protection they need to regroup and train new operatives. U.S. intelligence officials think that Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may have found refuge in these environs. And though 49,000 U.S. and NATO troops are stationed just across the border in Afghanistan, they aren't authorized to operate on the Pakistani side...
...down with them, but they were able to push the ball down the field,” co-captain Brian Mahler said. “They made their shots, and once that happened, it started to build and build, and we weren’t able to regroup.” The score was 7-4 in favor of the Seawolves at halftime thanks to a late Harvard goal by junior midfielder Zach Widbin, but Stony Brook scored the first three goals after the break to make the margin 10-4 with 6:50 to go in the frame. After...
...claim Islamabad contests. But over the past several months mounting evidence gathered by U.S., NATO and Afghan intelligence agencies indicates that the resurgent Taliban has treated the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as a revolving door: attacking coalition troops in Afghanistan, then retreating to the ungoverned western frontier of Pakistan to regroup and re-equip...
...This game is good preparation for us for the nationals,” senior Siddharth Suchde said. “It shows what level we are after Princeton and after losing whether we can regroup. It sends a message to the other teams saying that Harvard is back. It is very important...