1.   But in recent years, the movement has suffered setbacks because of military pressure and a fierce offensive by paramilitary gunmen financed by landowners.

2.   Efforts to build a refueling base for crop dusters in Putumayo state last year were put on hold following a fierce offensive by the FARC.

3.   Ethiopia unleashed a fierce offensive on Tuesday that has been described as a World War I-style assault on Eritrean trenches.

4.   Rebel spokesman Omraie Golley has accused the government and a Nigerian-led West-African military force of launching a fierce offensive in recent days against rebel strongholds.

5.   A fierce new Russian offensive unleashed last week targeted two southern villages, including the village of Makhkety, where military commanders say the rebel leader has his headquarters.

6.   ECOMOG in recent weeks has launched a fierce offensive against the guerrillas, capturing several towns, villages and stretches of roads.

7.   It was another example of the organization that has made the insurgency in Algeria so hard to fight despite a fierce offensive by soldiers and police.

8.   Leaders of the rebel Revolutionary United Front launched a fierce offensive in January to try to oust President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.

9.   Residents of the ruined city, including ethnic Russians, expressed bitterness about the fierce offensive that has killed perhaps hundreds of people.

10.   Residents of the ruined city, including ethnic Russians, expressed bitterness earlier in the day about the fierce offensive that has killed scores or perhaps hundreds of people.