counter-offensive

• “The bigger issue is whether NATO can sustain its counter-offensive and retain the initiative.”

  Voice of America: NATO Forces Launch Border Operations in Afghanistan

• “Now they have orchestrated a major counter-offensive in an attempt to overthrow Democratic control of the House and Senate and stop the President from continuing the assault on their ability to place their own interests above the interest of ordinary middle class Americans.”

  The Huffington Post: Robert Creamer: If You're Deciding Who to Support or Whether to Vote -- Follow the Money

• “Concerns are growing among Libyans over Gadhafi's counter-offensive in besieged towns such as Zawiya, where people are getting worn down by the struggle of holding out against loyal forces.”

  USA Today: Rebels retake Libyan port after brief loss

• “Our strategy was twofold: For those households that had money, give them so much to read that they would be fed up and left with no time to spare; and for those that didn't have enough money, take it all away through higher cover prices, says a senior executive with The Times of India who played a crucial role in formulating its counter-offensive against DNA.”

  Forbes: Bucking the Times of India

• “It said any civilian and military traffic in the region will become the target of a Libyan counter-offensive.”

  Voice of America: Gadhafi Warns Rebels to Surrender As UN Prepares to Vote

• “In a televised speech ahead of the vote, Moammar Gadhafi warned that his forces would begin a counter-offensive to take back Benghazi.”

  Voice of America: UN Security Council Approves No-Fly Zone Over Libya

• “But the government has pressed ahead with its counter-offensive using not only the artillery that it still retains but what appears to be a larger ground force than previously deployed.”

  The Guardian: Libya: blow to Gaddafi as foreign minister defects to UK

• “Ittner: The opposition leadership says that it has actually pushed back against what amounts to a counter-offensive by government troops.”

  Voice of America: Correspondent Debriefer: Libya Rebels Continue to Pin Hopes on No-Fly Zone

• “This technique is being slyly, perhaps even unwittingly used in a counter-offensive by religious leaders, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who have opposed Obama's mandate that institutions affiliated with religious authorities -- meaning, for example Catholic hospitals and schools, not churches -- would have to provide their female employees with health insurance that includes coverage for contraception.”

  The Huffington Post: Remy M. Maisel: Booing the Golden Rule: How Adversarial Journalism Is Hurting America

• “Gaddafi has launched a ferocious counter-offensive and it is making rapid progress against the forces of freedom.”

  The Guardian: Instead of fearing another Iraq, the west must do right by Libya | Andrew Rawnsley

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