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During 2008 and 2009, IDF mounted Operation Cast Lead, which consisted of air strikes and a ground operation with the intention of eliminating the rocket launching capacity in Gaza.
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Targets selected by the United States since the air operation began Sunday have included air defense facilities, ground-to-air missile sites, and command and control facilities of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and the al Qaeda terror network.
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Israel launched an air and ground military assault on Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009 in an operation against Hamas.
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Several Nato members, including the US and France, say they will help to train an African force for the Mali operation, but have not offered to send ground troops or launch air strikes.
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In 2003, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, five Navy carriers again provided essential air-superiority and ground support.
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Richard Myers estimated Tuesday, in an afternoon briefing to reporters, that the first hours of the air operation resulted in an "85 percent" success rate, and had effectively cleared away most fixed, ground-based threats to U.S. aircraft.
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