Sentence examples for intensification of war from inspiring English sources

Among these, first, were famines, which affected most of Italy in the years 1339 40, 1346 47, 1352 53, and 1374 75, and a general expansion and intensification of war compounded these catastrophes.

He denounced the invasion of Iraq and also criticised President Barack Obama's intensification of the war in Afghanistan.

That has prompted France and Britain in particular to call for an intensification of the war effort by more allies.

Some applauded America's intensification of the war in Afghanistan even as they planned to unilaterally draw down their own troops.

While deadly attacks by Chechen fighters seeking to make the region independent from Russia occur almost daily, the two attacks this week signaled a sharp intensification of the war, as well as the evident willingness of the separatists to resort to suicidal attacks.

The Sun has even badged its coverage "For Aylan" – after the drowned three-year-old whose image dramatised the suffering of Syrian refugees – while demanding an intensification of the war and denouncing Labour's leadership candidates as "cowards" for refusing to sign up for immediate attacks.

Iran has been lobbing missiles into President Hussein's home town of Takrit, and Iraq has been firing on Qom, the Iranian holy city associated with Ayatollah Khomeini.Iraq is presumably hoping that its intensification of the war will remind the great powers of the ceasefire plan laid down in last July's United Nations Security Council Resolution 598.

The intensification of Cold War dynamics became particularly apparent in March, when the U.S. government announced it would significantly increase the number of troops stationed in Eastern Europe, a direct provocation of Russia.

The Joint Chiefs had repeatedly requested national mobilization, not only to prepare for a possible intensification of the war, but also to ensure that the nation's strategic reserve did not become depleted.

Given the context of SB 1506, i.e. billions of dollars in California budget cuts in education and social services, a new federal crack-down on state medical marijuana laws, and intensification of drug war intervention in Latin American (despite protestations from US allies Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala), approving SB1506 in 2012 will be especially meaningful.

Ha Jin's fictional memoir War Trash documents the intensification of conflicts between warring groups of prisoners over the issue of repatriation as the Chinese protagonist Yu Yuan is beaten, tortured and almost killed.