Nevertheless, the massive destruction wrought by the surge greatly increased Iraqi alienation from the corrupt and authoritarian government in Baghdad — making the fundamentalist appeal of Islamic State seem attractive to some by comparison.
Researchers have since determined that the damage from that storm surge was greatly worsened by climate change.
The Awakening movement is credited, along with the United States military surge, with greatly decreasing violence in most of Iraq over the past year and a half.
Even so, the National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi has some pretty dire warnings for residents: they should expect "widespread deep inundation, with storm surge flooding greatly accentuated by powerful battering waves," as well as "structural damage to buildings, with many washing away," and "locations may be uninhabitable for an extended period".
Furthermore, the combination of those two factors also increased peak surge height and greatly increased wave height.
The surge of snowmelt was greatly reduced by dams upstream.
The replacement of his strategy with that of the so-called surge has stabilized Iraq greatly.
As NATO forces poured in and shifted to the south to battle the Taliban in their stronghold, the Taliban responded with a surge of their own, greatly increasing their activities in the north and parts of the east.
Binge drinking can cause surges in blood pressure that greatly increase your stroke risk.
But when the Phillies surged into first -- helped greatly by the rookie shortstop Jimmy Rollins and a new closer, Jose Mesa -- they seemed to be following the lead of the fiery Bowa, who replaced the popular Terry Francona this season.
While Taliban activity has been greatly curtailed by surge forces in the insurgents' traditional areas in the south and west, they responded by increasing their efforts elsewhere, officials say.
