He said a U.S. military offensive there in June appears to have had only "a temporary disruptive effect" on the insurgency.

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Operation Panther's Claw, a UK offensive against the Taliban in Helmand, began in June and took place throughout much of July.

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Since Hamas seized control of Gaza in June, Abbas has opposed any wide-scale IDF counter-terror offensive on the area.

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In mid-June, with all the surge capabilities in place, we launched a series of offensive operations focused on expanding the gains achieved in the preceding months in Anbar province, clearing Baquba, several key Baghdad neighborhoods, the remaining sanctuaries in Anbar province and important areas in the so called belts around Baghdad, and pursuing al Qaeda in the Diyala river valley and several other areas.

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