"They stage raids, exploiting the vacuum," said the military official in Lawdar.
Low-level agents of Savak continued to stage raids on opposition meetings.
Police stage raids to confiscate satellite dishes and can fine homeowners as much as $400 for having them, but they're not very efficient.
On November 20 the Sudanese army recaptured Kaling in Southern Kordofan and thus reestablished control of an area used by rebels to stage raids into Northern Kordofan.
Prince Vasily Golitsyn made two failed attempts to subdue this last fragment of the Horde (1687 89), but the khanate of Crimea survived to stage raids on Russia until Catherine II the Great annexed it in 1783.
American commanders hope to use at least some of those bases to stage raids with F-15E's and A-10's, both attack jets that could more rapidly attack targets that emerge unexpectedly during battles on the ground.
And of course sometimes all parties' careful efforts at framing get blasted off the political stage by something wild and unexpected, like the Australian Federal Police's truly extraordinary decision to stage raids on politicians and staffers in the middle of an election campaign.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 31 — Iraqi officials asked for Iran's help on Wednesday in negotiating a diplomatic solution to the standoff with Turkey over Kurdish guerrillas who have been using northern Iraq as a base to stage raids on Turkish troops across the border.
A staged raid was broadcast on television, hardening public opinion against the suspects.
If the US and Pakistan were co-operating, was a staged raid really the simplest possible way to ensure that Bin Laden was killed?
