Sentence examples for close in fighting from inspiring English sources

This was the scene of close in fighting on the last night of hell.

Glad it's over + it's a great bunch of fighters — these American lads and we bested the smart, tricky, + cunning Japs at his own game-night close in fighting.

LIBYA The government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi suffered setbacks on multiple fronts: rebels seized a border crossing with Tunisia, fighters in Misurata said they were gaining ground and President Obama authorized the use of drones for close-in fighting.

CAIRO — The government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi suffered setbacks on multiple fronts on Thursday as rebels in the western mountains seized a Tunisian border crossing, fighters in the besieged city of Misurata said they were gaining ground and President Obama authorized the use of armed drones for close-in fighting against the Qaddafi forces.

"The whole time I saw the flag above Suribachi, I never knew it had been changed". Further, Severance said that fierce close-in fighting over the next month put thoughts of flags far from everyone's minds.

Both Mexican and American officials, who say the two countries have never worked closer in fighting crime, are facing growing pressure to prove that their strategy is working.

CAMP DAVID, Md., Aug. 6 — President Bush and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, close allies in fighting terrorism, found much to agree on as they completed a two-day meeting here on Monday, with one major exception: the role of Iran in Afghanistan.

A3 Bush and Karzai Differ on Iran President Bush and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, close allies in fighting terrorism, found much to agree on as they completed a two-day meeting, with one major exception: the role of Iran in Afghanistan.

Now the administration finds itself in the bind of having to publicly castigate the man it has described as one of its closest allies in fighting terrorism.

As the Bush administration has seen General Musharraf, one of its closest allies in fighting terrorism, become increasingly unpopular with the Pakistani public in the past several months, American officials have urged the general to abandon his military post and hold fair elections to bolster his standing.

Combat was inevitably very different from what he envisioned as a high school recruit, and Kim said he still feels a duty to close friends killed in fighting.