They are also questioning whether such a large scale military offensive will spare the lives of innocent people.

Without a real plan to bring it to a close, there is no point in talking about jobs programs and military offensives.

On March 13, the president halted the government's military offensives and called for talks.

In 414 he began a military offensive against the Visigoths.

This led to a military offensive by Turkey who divided the island.

There has been dissension within his party at the prospect of a military offensive against Iraq.

"A new military offensive against its own people is now under way in the south," the State Department said today.

The announcement did not say whether the marine had died in the new military offensive there.

Meanwhile, a military offensive against Muslim rebels in the south has dragged on more than a month.

The continuation of the military offensive is costing too many lives.