Word: skirmishers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strongholds of Dudayev's forces. But the surprise Chechen raid on Russian territory signaled that for desperate fighters like Basayev, who has lost his wife and almost all his family in the war, the grudge match with Moscow is far from over. In fact, Budyonnovsk may be the opening skirmish in a new guerrilla war, waged on the streets of towns and cities across Russia...
...Saturday a skirmish erupted in Sarajevo that was a microcosm of the escalating confrontation. At 4:30 a.m., two Bosnian Serbs disguised as French peacekeepers, complete with blue helmets and flak jackets, infiltrated a U.N. observation post on the Vrbanja bridge and spearheaded the Serbs' capture of the post -- and 12 French U.N. prisoners. Four hours later, a platoon of French troops responded in the first-ever combat engagement for territory between Serbian and U.N. soldiers, recapturing one end of the bridge. In the process, two French soldiers and four Bosnian Serbs were killed...
Every other sport has strict rules against fighting. After all, America's Funniest Home Videos would have appreciated Derek Harper vs. Jo-Jo English last year in the NBA playoffs. However, the league was completely embarrassed by the skirmish (which took place right in front of the commissioner), so the NBA cut down on fighting even more...
...fighting is taking place around the city of Erbil, which Talahani's forces seized last December. Barzani's army now surrounds the city, exchanging small-arms and mortar fire with the enemy and biding its time before launching a full-scale attack. Elsewhere in Kurdistan, the two factions skirmish and engage in terrorist acts. Three weeks ago, for example, a car bomb exploded in Zakhu, near the Turkish border, injuring 50 people. U.S. intelligence analysts haven't pinned down which side carried out the bombing or whether it was the work of Saddam's agents trying to incite more trouble...
Early in March, an elaborate coup plot against Saddam was hatched that required the cooperation of the feuding Kurds. But within hours of the attack, the entire plan collapsed. In the first stage, as planned, Talabani's 10,000 troops launched an opening skirmish against the Iraqi army's 5th Corps along the Kurdish border near Kirkuk. Barzani, who has a force of equal strength, refused to get involved in the coup. Shi'ite insurgents next failed to undertake their strike against Iraqi forces in the southern part of the country, and an Iraqi armored division that was to mutiny...