11.   But at the front lines on Mount Zamburbulaq, alliance fighters say there is no way they can launch an offensive against the Taliban anytime soon.

12.   But in Janaury, Mayan rebels, known as Zapatistas, launched an offensive in the southern state of Chiapas.

13.   But when Yugoslav forces launched a major offensive after the bombing began, hundreds of parents were blocked from retrieving their children.

14.   Despite Western calls for peace, Croatia launched its offensive early Friday morning.

15.   He predicted that the FARC would launch an offensive outside the safe haven to take pressure off rebels withdrawing from the zone.

16.   He said Eritrean troops were forced to fortify new lines of defense three days after Ethiopia launched an offensive.

17.   However, hostilities resumed days later when the army launched a major offensive against guerrilla bases in southern Colombia.

18.   However, when the Israelis launched their broad offensive into West Bank towns this week, the protests gained sudden prominence.

19.   In the past six weeks, the Taliban have launched three offensives on Farkhar.

20.   Iraqi exports were about to begin when its military launched an offensive in Kurdish northern Iraq, capturing the key town of Irbil, during the weekend.