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Encyclopedia > Annual Dry Season Offensive

The Annual Dry Season Offensive is a type of low intensity warfare carried out by central states that for geographical, political, and historical reasons troop movement and supply to the dry season, during which time the central government forces attempt to take as much territory and inflict as many casualties as possible. Low intensity conflict (LIC) is an armed conflict, usually between a regular army or law enforcement and non-regular armed militias (terror organization, guerrilla fighters, gangs, rioters etc). ... The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. ...


The regimes of Burma and the Sudan engage in annual dry season offensives. The Union of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. ... Foreign relations Main article: Foreign relations of Sudan Sudan has a territorial dispute with Egypt over the Halaib Triangle. ...


External link

  • Karen Human Rights Group (http://www.khrg.org)

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Sudan: Independent Report on Blue Nile Province 1998.5.21 (2872 words)
The next few weeks will be crucial in the annual dry season offensive, with less than a month before heavy rains enforce stalemate.
The latest offensives present additional obstacles to peace talks and humanitarian access, although there is a tentative agreement for both sides to meet in Addis Ababa in August.
One of the main logistical problems in the area in terms of assistance is the dependency on SPLA for transport.
The 2005-2006 league season (19991 words)
This season sees the launch of the Cornish Pirates, following the historic agreement of members from Penzance and Newlyn RFC to adopt the bold plans of their President Dicky Evans to create a team that will one day, hopefully, reach the Premiership of English league rugby, on the wave of support from the whole of Cornwall.
Last season was very much like the curate's egg, good in parts, poor in others, mostly during the second half of the season.
Redruth maintained their unbeaten home record this season at the expense of last season's League 3 South champions, the only side to win in the league at Redruth during 2004/5.
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