In November, a new wave of refugees arrived in Dubie after the Congolese army launched an offensive to try to wipe out Mai Mai militias.
Third, the Sri Lankan army is on the offensive, and believes a victory is in its grasp.
And the Congolese army recently launched an offensive to drive militias from the Katanga province in the country's southeast.
Israel's Prime Minister has signed off on a plan to expand his army's ground offensive in Southern Lebanon as we've just heard.
The Pakistani army has waged an offensive in Swat and South Waziristan.
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In Pakistan, that nation's army has gone on its largest offensive in years.
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But it was not clear whether the rebels managed to retain any territory they claimed in battle, and the Syrian army said it too launched an offensive.
Meanwhile, at least 30 Pakistani soldiers and nearly 100 militants have been killed in fierce fighting in a remote, northwest valley over the past four days following a ground offensive launched by the army, military officials said Monday.
"The president of the French Republic confirms with certainty the death of Abdelhamid Abou Zeid after an offensive by the French army in the Adrar des Ifoghas (mountains) in the North of Mali, at the end of February, " the Elysee presidential palace said.
The Afghan defence ministry said the army was "ready to neutralise the offensive", adding that its soldiers had the trust and support of Afghans.
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The Congolese Army's in the midst of an offensive to try to wipe out these militias and capture the most powerful Mai Mai leader in the region, Jedieaun(ph).
Yugoslav officials say the ethnic Albanian refugees leaving Kosovo have been driven from their homes by fighting between Albanian separatists of the Kosovo Liberation Army and Serb forces, not by any offensive against civilians.
Tata said that not even the army or commandoes who ultimately took over the offensive were prepared for the level of organization and execution that the attackers seemed to have put into their plan.
"The talking points contained inappropriate, inaccurate and offensive language, and did not represent the Army's views, " said the Army statement.
But the town's threadbare garrisons suggest the army and gendarmerie would be ill-prepared to take the offensive.
The offensive came in response to recent rebel attacks on army barracks and police stations in which around 100 security personnel died.
The Air Force and Navy were assigned most of the responsibility for the offensive part of the nuclear mission, and the Army got most of the responsibility for the defenses.
The army, backed by the MLC and Libyan troops, launched its offensive on Wednesday - six days after fighting began between the insurgents supporting General Bozize and troops loyal to President Patasse.
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