1.   The army was ordered last week to launch a formal operation against separatists in Aceh.

2.   The free Negro militia ingratiated themselves with the white community by offering to assist in military operations against the slaves.

3.   ...a big operation against the drugs trade.

4.   A garden is, at best, a holding operation against nature.

5.   Foreign relations during this period were dominated by the Gulf crisis, in which the UK government gave strong support to the US-led allied operation against Iraq.

6.   The security forces continued operations against members of the OPM in Irian Jaya.

7.   The police say a special operation against crime seems to be paying off.

8.   They may experience rather more difficulty in mounting a similar operation against Kilkenny, though.

9.   The United States is asking the U N security council to authorize a stop and search operation against ships heading for Haiti.

10.   Americans can be thankful that military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaida have produced few American fatalities.