Finally, today, after two weeks of limited attacks, British commanders concluded that the government's resistance was brittle and that it was time to begin a major attack.
The Burundian Army said two weeks ago that it had forced the rebel guerrillas out of Kinama, where insurgents had begun a major attack on the capital.
Mrs. Kumaratunga, who was wounded in a December attack by a Tiger suicide bomber, was first elected president in 1994 on a peace platform but began a major military campaign against the rebels in 1995 after talks broke down.
Barbara Crossette (NYT) BURUNDI: ARMY CLAIMS VICTORY The army said it had finally ended an attack on the capital, Bujumbura, from a northern suburb, claiming to have regained control from Hutu rebels who began a major offensive nearly two weeks ago.
American forces began a major offensive in western Iraq yesterday.
Soon after 12 30 p.m., MSNBC, NBC and CBS were among the first television networks to report that the United States and Britain had begun a major military attack on Afghanistan.
Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization began serious planning for a major attack inside the United States soon after it bombed two American embassies in East Africa in August 1998, top intelligence officials told a Congressional committee today.
As Gadahn gained the trust of senior members of Al Qaeda, he began to hear talk of a "major attack" against the United States; but, he later recalled in a video, he thought that it would take place "in the Islamic region, like the Arabian Peninsula," rather than on American soil.
Terrorist activities around Peshawar began to increase, Mr. Khan said, after a major attack on a madrasa in Bajaur in October 2006, in which 82 people, including 12 teenagers, were killed.
