Turkey's actions deprived the coalition with a mechanized thrust into the Sunni Triangle area of Iraq-a powerful thrust that could have done much to inhibit the development of the insurgency there.

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Mr. Sharif is expected by many analysts and diplomats to stand up more defiantly to the country's powerful military than did former President Asif Ali Zardari, who was thrust to the head of the Pakistan People's Party after the assassination of his wife, Benazir Bhutto.

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Although that thrust came to nothing, it carried Saracens back into the South African 22 and, after a powerful scrum, Barritt charged through three tacklers to score their second try.

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