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  • He said the increase in suicide bombings suggests the Taliban is no longer as willing to engage in conventional fighting with a larger and better-armed contingent of NATO and Afghan forces.

    Afghanistan civilian casualties spike; officials say 200 killed in 2-week period 2011

  • He said the increase in suicide bombings suggests the Taliban is no longer as willing to engage in conventional fighting with a larger and better-armed contingent of NATO and Afghan forces.

    Afghanistan civilian casualties spike; officials say 200 killed in 2-week period 2011

  • But as government tactics have grown more brutal, a new and better-armed generation of Baluch warriors has hardened into an authentic national movement.

    Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

  • Although outnumbered, the heavier and better-armed English ships prevailed in the battle of Goodwin Sands.

    Weatherwatch: storm at sea 2011

  • Students may only gain the understanding after the fact, but they'll be better-armed for future readings, the hope being that ultimately they'll "experience" literature with as much richness as the professor presumably does.

    Teaching the Book 2009

  • An independent analysis of the fluid military situation in Libya says the rebels are poorly organized, but have high morale as they face better-armed troops loyal to Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi.

    Analysts: Libya Faces Possible Military Stalemate 2011

  • The name mirrors an investing handbook he authored in 1998 in which he portrays individual investors as up against better-armed professional investors.

    Sticking With It on China Steve Eder 2011

  • But as government tactics have grown more brutal, a new and better-armed generation of Baluch warriors has hardened into an authentic national movement.

    Pakistan’s Fatal Shore 2009

  • An independent analysis of the fluid military situation in Libya says the rebels are poorly organized, but have high morale as they face better-armed troops loyal to Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi.

    Analysts: Libya Faces Possible Military Stalemate 2011

  • Hezbollah's military branch, supported by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, is considered better-armed and trained then the Lebanese army, and is viewed by many Arabs as the one military group in the region, other than Iran, capable of fighting Israel.

    Lebanon Vote Elevates Hezbollah Farnaz Fassihi 2011

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