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Yes, but considering that the Greek civil war of 1946-1949 was essentially fought over the question of whether geographical Macedonia (including northern Greece) would be part of communist Yugoslavia, the Greeks can be forgiven – somewhat – for their concern that tiny Macedonia might lay claim to part of Greece.
Between 1950 and 1953, Turkish troops fought under the United Nations Command in the Korean War.
In America in the 1990's, the Clinton Administration fought demands by Republicans for a balanced budget amendment to the US constitution.
No doubt, the post-WWII reconciliation between France and Germany--who once perceived and fought each other as "hereditary enemies"--has been the motor of European integration for half a century.
After a succession of conservative governments, in 2009 Salvadorans elected a president running on the ticket of the FMLN, the old guerrilla group that fought the Salvadorean army and its US ally to a draw in the late 1980’s.
A decade later, they fought back, defeated Chiang Kaishek, and launched Mao’s New China.
The Long Marchers persevered, fought, starved, despaired, and endured.
They now base their legitimacy on the notion that the Party, which rose to power as the nation fought foreign domination, is uniquely qualified to keep China from being bullied in a hostile international arena, and that only they can provide the stable environment needed for growth.
It was not fought over the future status of Georgia’s Russian-backed breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (though that source of conflict was a real one).
Similarly, Chad’s soldiers fought alongside French troops against terrorists in Mali, and now they have coalesced with those of Nigeria and Cameroon in fighting Boko Haram.
More broadly, the larger ideological battle for a rules-based international system must be fought using a strong dose of global civics as an antidote to neo-nationalism.
If Hasina gives in to the machete-wielding Islamists, she will sacrifice the Bangladesh that her father fought to free.
Then, in the early 1960s, Somalis in northern Kenya, with support from the Somali government in Mogadishu, fought for secession, further eroding regional stability and setting the stage for the failure of the Somali state in the early 1990s.
A fierce diplomatic battle is being fought over who should run these local elections, and under what conditions they should take place.
The elites have fought back, often brutally, to protect their property.
He could be a fierce turf fighter, yet it is fair to say that he could have fought harder for his moderate and dovish views in the post-1967 government in which he served.
But none of those troops has fought a war.
But Jordan fought on, and a trial is underway; she has also started a group to support rape survivors.
The Shia of the Mahdi Army defeated Iraq’s Sunnis in the last bout of fighting, and thousands of Iraqi Sunnis, under the so-called Awakening Movement, have rallied to the side of the United States forces and have fought against Al Qaeda.
By contrast, history is more commonly shared among Americans from different states, who, other than in the Civil War, have fought side by side in the nation’s external wars.
Inevitably the anger--visible or otherwise--at having to fight America's war against Al-Qaida and the Taliban focuses on Musharraf, a man who received high praise from the United Jihad Council after incursions and battles fought against India around Kargil in Kashmir two years ago.
This battle for the hearts and minds of believers will be fought on two fronts: the first is theological and educational, while the second concerns socioeconomic issues and the civil society agenda.
Israel achieved remarkable results in the wars fought against far more populous Arab countries in 1948, 1967, and 1973.
The battle over Turkish membership in the EU will be fought on many fronts: in the country itself, where the government is currently undertaking major reforms in order to qualify for candidate status; at the negotiating table once the European Council in December 2004 authorizes the Commission to enter into formal accession talks; and among the public within the existing member countries.
Gracious : ....My web comrades, how can we face the martyrs who have fought these past several hundred years for national self-respect and the strengthening of the country?
Somewhere out there, gunning for Musharraf, are Islamic militants furious at being dumped after they fought his covert wars in Afghanistan and Kashmir.
The humanitarian challenge has been less burdensome than anticipated, thanks to advance planning by the US and the world community and to the rapid, focused, and discriminate way in which coalition forces fought the war.
Mungiki’s origins can be traced in part to the sons and daughters of Mau Mau fighters, the dispossessed Kikuyu who fought the Kikuyu elite and British colonists in the 1950s.
America’s Self-Defeating China PolicyHONG KONG – Trade tariffs may be getting the most attention, but the conflict between the United States and China is actually being fought on multiple fronts, including exchange rates, technology, cyberspace, and even arms.
Wars are traditionally fought over territory.
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