Sentence examples for begin an operation from inspiring English sources

However, Pakistani officials have balked at such demands, and maintain that the army will begin an operation at a time of its own choosing.

On Aug. 15, the Israeli government plans to begin an operation to withdraw Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip, a territory about twice the size of Washington, D.C.

Here at the University Medical Center in Tucson, medical staff begin an operation to replace a patient's dying heart with an artificial one.

"We should never begin an operation without knowing how we stand down," said Joseph W. Ralston, a retired general who served as NATO commander and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

American officials have for long urged Pakistan to begin an operation in the region and renewed such calls after May 2, when Osama bin Laden was found and killed by American forces in a night raid in Abbottabad, a garrison town in the country's northwestern province.

Last week, the government began an operation to retake the whole city.

Zimbabwe's military begins an operation in the Matabeleland region against a perceived uprising.

Nato and Afghan troops began an operation to wrest back control of the south from the Taliban insurgency in July.

Security forces had already begun an operation against Taliban militants in the area, and three Taliban militants were later killed.

An attempt at a negotiated settlement with the red shirts failed in early May, and the Thai military soon began an operation to force out the protesters.

And an activist in the coastal city of Latakia said that the military had begun an operation against five villages in the suburbs.