Urban combat is the deadliest form of warfare, not least because the Taliban or Iraqi insurgents love to fortify buildings and booby-trap doorways and windows, as in the Battle of Fallujah.
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Troops from the army's Fourth Brigade are under investigation for the deaths of 29 civilians allegedly dressed in fatigues and presented as guerrillas killed in battle.
What happens if, as in the French battle last year, there is an inconclusive outcome?
He has certainly used words as weapons in the battle being fought in government between Blairites and Brownites.
This careful and repeated wording shows that the president views the ouster of the Baghdad regime as one battle in an ongoing war.
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But what is missing in most of the narrative is that over the past few years compounding pharmacies have twice been cast as heroes in the battle to limit health costs.
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Four times as many were perishing from infection and disease as were dying in battle, and the death rate in Nightingale's hospital was higher than in others until the Sanitary Commission arrived and flushed out the sewers upon which the hospital was built.
There is even a precedent: Italy imposed a small tax on all deposits in 1992 as part of its battle to stay in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, a precursor to the single currency.
Vonn is not alone in her quest, and she points to female golfer Anneka Sorenstam as an inspiration in her battle.
Apple and Samsung have been at odds in recent months, as the companies battle not only on retail shelves, but in the courtroom as well.
Rooney rounded off a fine move involving Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs after 24 minutes to put United in the ascendancy as they battle with Chelsea to face Inter Milan or Schalke 04 in the semi-final.
The message that only the rich received access to high quality health care under the Tories was lost as a row broke out over the details of the case, which went down in political history as the Battle of Jennifer's Ear.
Sales have been halted for now as the companies battle in court to determine if Apotex can sell its generic version.
But the more we are able to recruit men and boys as full partners in this battle, the more progress we can make.
It was also possible that he embraced that amendment at least partly as a weapon in his battle with Congress over control of Reconstruction policy.
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And the Briton vowed to come back and push her ranking upwards as she continues in her battle to make up for lost time through injury.
Samsung has now identified itself as a company willing to accept the loss of accessibility for the vision-impaired as collateral damage in its battle with Apple.
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"It is not enough that the ICC is regarded by other sporting organisations as a leader in the battle against corruption in sport, " said the South African.
But as he does battle in the same wider theatre of that Greater Middle East, he will have to draw the proper lessons of the Iraq campaign.
Cameron compared the building of Belo Monte, which would be the third largest in the world if constructed, as a battle similar to the one portrayed in his film Avatar.
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Dell previously missed out on a large cloud opportunity when it lost the bid for 3Par to HP (See HP Emerges as Victor Over Dell in Battle for 3Par).
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More recently, as the fronts in the battle with al-Qaeda have broadened from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Somalia and Yemen, so too has the scope of American actions to eliminate perceived foes.
Whereas Mr Blair portrayed Britain's military presence in Iraq as a battle against a global evil, Mr Brown has so far portrayed it as an obligation to the Iraqi government and the United Nations.
"Redemption" chronicles moments of conflict as in a pitched verbal battle between canners over turf and compassion, as when Lilly tends to a lonely Japanese man named Mr. John, helping him shave and clean up his appearance.
While much of his time as Emperor was spent in battle, Marcus made a major impact on the study of philosophy by establishing four Chairs of Philosophy in Athens, one for each of the principal philosophical traditions (Platonic, Aristotelian, Stoic, and Epicurean).
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Some Angelenos worry that Mr Murdoch is more interested in developing a media franchise than in owning a bit of history or rubbing shoulders with sports heroes. (Sport, he believes, attracts subscribers like nothing else.) They also worry that their team is being used as a pawn in a battle between two media empires, News Corporation and Disney.
Clavius, a Jesuit who taught at the Collegio Romano in Rome, is often remembered as an early skeptic in the great battle over Copernicus and the heliocentric system.
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The decision comes as HTC and Apple are tussling in a number of courts as they battle over their shares of the growing smartphone market.
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