When I fought in the Gulf War, the unit I was apart of had the mission to destroy the Iraqi scuds that were being fired into Israel in an attempt by Saddam Hussein to get an Israeli response, with the side effect of breaking up the Muslim alliance that we had during the Gulf War.

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Mr Obama talks about sanctioning a search-and-destroy mission in Pakistan without the permission of that country's government.

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France President Francois Hollande said the offensive's mission is to destroy the terrorist groups that have taken root.

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Researchers at the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma have developed a technology that goes on a "seek and destroy" mission for cancerous tumors.

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France President Francois Hollande said the mission of the offensive is to "destroy" the terrorist groups that have taken root.

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Prepared by the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur, the report says attacks in January and February point to a deliberate plan to destroy civilian infrastructure.

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