You get 10,000 points for blowing up an enemy militant or military hardware, but be careful because you lose one point if you hit a civilian.
The war of words between Iran and the United States is getting testier as the two nations' common enemy, Islamic State militants, advance in Iraq and Syria.
Barak predicted that an eventual ouster of Assad would undermine an alliance of Israel's enemies, including militant Islamist groups in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, backed by Iran and Syria, that have fought Israel across its northern and southern borders.
Despite the technological superiority of their enemy, however, the militants do possess one powerful countermeasure.
Initially known for its effective guerrilla campaign against occupying Ethiopian forces, al-Shabaab became increasingly extreme once the enemy withdrew, with militants enforcing mosque attendance and carrying out amputations and stonings of alleged criminals, some of them teenagers.
Finally, the United States should insist that China join in guaranteeing the territorial integrity of Pakistan so that the Pakistan Army moves the bulk of its troops from the Indian border to face its real enemy, the Islamic militants.
The training camps that had once schooled soldiers to battle the Soviet enemy now attracted militants more interested in fomenting holy war back home -- in America, Europe or the Middle East -- than in the struggle for control of Afghanistan.
Although Mahmud had also made enemies among religious militants – not least with her counter-protest against Islamist attempts to stop Karachites marking Valentine's Day – many of her friends believe the country's "deep state" is responsible.
Usually reliable intelligence sources note that the inexperienced Bashar, eager to establish credentials in the Arab world as a militant enemy of Israel, gave his approval to the kidnap plan.
2. (S) Now absorbing combat losses against a formidable militant enemy, Pakistan's military finally has begun to accept more USG training and assistance in support of counter-insurgency.
