With between 5,000 and 10,000 armed fighters, the PKK directed attacks against government property, government officials, Turks living in the Kurdish regions, Kurds accused of collaborating with the government, foreigners, and Turkish diplomatic missions abroad.
King Amalric I (reigned 1163 74) directed attacks against Egypt, and his failures contributed to the rise of the Muslim leader Saladin (reigned 1169 93), who succeeded in uniting the previously divided Muslim world in a massive attack on the Holy Land.
While Israel has generally directed attacks against members of Hamas while they were riding in vehicles or were away from their families, it attacked Dr. Zahar while he was at home with his family.
Ghaffar, released from Guantanamo Bay in 2003, was soon after appointed the Taliban's regional commander in Oruzgan and Helmand provinces, where he directed attacks against U.S. Special Forces, U.S. and Afghan officials said.
Bin Laden spoke and wrote dangerously from his Abbottabad compound, inspiring and directing attacks against civilians.
General Ibrahim is believed to be directing attacks against American forces.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani militant commander who directs attacks against American and allied forces in Afghanistan was wounded in a suicide attack that killed six other people on Thursday, Pakistani officials said.
Intentionally directing attacks against hospital facilities containing the sick and wounded, or against entities carrying the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblem is a war crime in a non-international armed conflict.
"Intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and places containing the sick and the wounded and against medical units using the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblem is a war crime in non-international armed conflict," read their recent report.
"The evidence we have gathered is credible and portrays a regime that is intent on directing attacks against the civilian population in Darfur without any fear of international retribution".
