Offensive operations will still rely upon outside support for air power, intelligence and logistics.
NATO, and the American-led coalition, whose job is mainly confined to offensive operations in the south and south-east.
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Instead, they halted offensive operations in the region and made plans to bring in the Iraqi police, training with them extensively last week.
But an immediate halt to offensive operations, and at least the start of discussion on a ceasefire, would show that the guerrillas were serious.
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told the BBC that government forces would not engage in any offensive operations during the two-day Sinhala and Tamil New Year period.
The disparate West African force will be larger than originally planned, but how effective it might be in mounting offensive operations into northern Mali is uncertain.
The UN Security Council has approved the creation of a special combat force to carry out "targeted offensive operations" against armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Last month, the Defense Department announced it is establishing a series of cyber teams charged with carrying out offensive operations to combat threats of cyberattacks aimed at disrupting the country's vital infrastructure.
Israel's military were for a long time sceptical about developing anti-missile defences which appeared to go against the traditional Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) doctrine that has always placed the emphasis upon offensive operations.
According to reports, the plan calls for creating three types of forces under the Cyber Command: protecting computer systems that involve electrical grids and other kinds of infrastructure, offensive operations overseas as well as protection of the defence department's internal systems.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar announced the deployment Tuesday but insisted the troops would not take part in offensive combat operations.
In May, the upper house of the Afghan parliament called for an end to offensive military operations by foreign troops and for dialogue with the Taliban.
Keith Alexander as the first commander of the newly-formed U.S. Cyber Command, the United States has committed itself to developing the capabilities necessary to conduct offensive cyberwar operations.
What are the strategic communication implications of offensive cyberwar operations?
Keith Alexander, to the rank of General and appointment as the first commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, which by most accounts will have the mission of not only defending U.S. military networks, but also conducting offensive cyberwar operations.
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He said his contractors do not engage in offensive or military operations - only defensive.
Carter said the budget reductions would have a devastating effect on a number of Pentagon programs, but continued investment in offensive and defense cyber operations would continue, along with unmanned systems, space capabilities and electronic warfare.
Some funds, especially those with their own trading operations or brokerage policies, find it offensive when managers attempt to persuade them to abandon the brokerage policies or programs they have established and allow the manager to use an affiliated broker instead.
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