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Topic: War of Attrition

	PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Summer 2004
		Far from entering an age of maneuver, we have entered a new age of attrition warfare in two kinds: First, the war against religious terrorism is unquestionably a war of attrition—if one of your enemies is left alive or unimprisoned, he will continue trying to kill you and destroy your civilization.
		Far worse than fighting such a war of attrition aggressively is to pretend you’re not in one while your enemy keeps on killing you.
		Our military wars of attrition in the 21st century will be only one aspect of a vast metaphysical war of attrition, in which the differences between the sides are so profound they prohibit compromise.
	carlisle-www.army.mil /usawc/Parameters/04summer/peters.htm (3616 words)

	Types of War
		World War One and Two were wars of attrition, men were sent against enemy forces and attempted to overwhelm the enemy through sheer numbers and firepower.
		In Maneuver War it is the small unit leader, the platoon commander, the squad leader who uses the natural chaos of the battlefield to seize an advantage.
		Revolutionary war is one of the most difficult types of wars to deal with because the Guerrilla is usually willing to keep the war going for ten or more years.
	www.military-sf.com /typesofwar.htm (2309 words)

	Myths & Facts - The War of Attrition, 1967-1970
		“Israel was responsible for the War of Attrition.”
		This bloody War of Attrition, as it became known, lasted three years.
		In effect, Sadat was seeking an advance guarantee of the outcome of "negotiations." This was unacceptable to Israel and suggested that Sadat was not genuinely interested in peace.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/myths/mf8.html (883 words)

	CNN Cold War - Interviews: William Westmoreland
		I mean, when you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition, [and] we were winning the war of attrition.
		Well, it's the first war that we've ever fought on the television screen and it was the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign, [where] they had no restraint.
		The objective in Washington was to raise the cost of the war from the standpoint of the enemy, to the point that he would come to some negotiated settlement.
	cnn.com /SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/11/interviews/westmoreland (1285 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Middle East News - Bunkered down for a war of attrition
		The war has dragged on into its 10th day and looks as if it's going to be a long and deadly war of attrition - at the expense of innocent Lebanese and Israeli civilians dying on both sides.
		Attrition warfare, by definition, is a tactic where, to win a war, one's enemy must be worn down to the point of collapse by continuous losses in human life, arms and property.
		Israel would be fighting a war in completely unfamiliar territory and would suffer massive loss of life if it engaged in ground combat and street warfare with Hezbollah.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/HG22Ak01.html (2147 words)

	HyperWar: A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II
		While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars and historians, as well as its veterans, a generation of Americans has grown to maturity largely unaware of the political, social, and military implications of a war that, more than any other, united us as a people with a common purpose.
		By the outbreak of war the Signal Corps was a leader in improving radio communications, and American artillery practiced the most sophisticated fire-direction and -control techniques in the world.
		Waging war with the implacable ruthlessness of totalitarian regimes, both sides committed wholesale atrocities--mistreatment of prisoners of war, enslavement of civilian populations, and, in the case of the Jews, outright genocide.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-USA-WWII.html (13735 words)

	War of Attrition
		The terrorist war against Israel was an integral element in this Arab offensive, extending the fighting to the Lebanese border, to areas inside Israel, and even against Israeli targets overseas.
		Coordinated by Egypt, the War of Attrition (as it was soon named) was aimed at engaging Israel in a drawn-out and bloody conflict which would make optimal use of the Arab world's massive resources.
		Immediately after the Six Day War, the Palestinian terrorist organizations announced their intention of fomenting a popular uprising in the administered territories against the Israeli presence, concurrent with increased terrorist attacks against targets inside Israel.
	www.israeli-weapons.com /history/war_of_attrition/WarofAttrition.html (1437 words)

	War of Attrition, 1969-1970
		Interestingly, despite their ferocity, the air combats during the War of Attrition have not influenced the development of new weapons in the way this was the case with the air warfare during the subsequent war in 1973.
		Therefore, the War of Attrition was continued, and on 6 October 1969, the IDF/AF was again in action, deploying 200 fighters to attack Egyptian SAM-sites along the Suez.
		The War of Attrition“ was the first armed conflict in the Middle East in which truly modern technology was used and of decisive importance for success.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_263.shtml (10158 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport... \| Horse Racing \| War of Attrition completes double
		War of Attrition, who had not run since the festival success in March, always seemed to have plenty in reserve.
		War Of Attrition set a moderate early pace before beginning to wind up the tempo approaching the 11th fence.
		However, War Of Attrition made no such mistake and O'Dwyer had time to look over his shoulder coming to the second-last and the seven-year-old only had to be kept up to his work thereafter.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4840360.stm (203 words)

	The War in Vietnam
		He believed the war against the Vietcong could not be won by traditional land-conquering methods, and could only be won by reducing the number of the enemy.
		In a war of attrition, civilian targets are regarded as military targets as well.
		A few months after General Westmoreland had told the public that the end of the war was in view, the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong launched a massive offensive effort known as the Tet Offensive.
	library.thinkquest.org /27942/vietnamwar/war5.htm (836 words)

	Shadowbane Vault: The War of Attrition
		The key to the war of attrition bearing the proverbial fruit is the understanding of a simple and always true rule, and that is the fair-weathered guild boys' clause.
		But the war of attrition is not for them.
		No, what said war will accomplish is driving away everyone else and the resulting effect being your zergling (Definition: a force greater than yours will be referred to by the l33t boys as a zergling hoard) hoards crushing their now non-zergling force.
	sbvault.ign.com /articles/424/424948p1.html (650 words)

	War of Attrition, 1967-1972
		The air-to-air weaponry used during the War of Attrition was relatively simple: guns (which most of Arab MiG-21s were lacking) were used - usually with deadly results - from distances of 50 to 100 meters; air-to-air missiles at distances from 700 to 3.000 meters.
		The War of Attrition was actually started years before even being officially declared, with a raid of Egyptian commandos against an Israeli armored formation near Ras al-Ushsh, on 1 July 1967.
		The War of Attrition“ was the first armed conflict in the Middle East in which truly modern technology was used - and of decisive importance for success.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_55.shtml (5264 words)

	SparkNotes: World War I (1914–1919): The War of Attrition in Europe
		The Battle of Verdun was the longest single battle of the war, and among the deadliest.
		The conflict was becoming a war of attrition, a gruesome contest to see which country could afford to lose the most soldiers.
		The primary reason that World War I became a war of attrition was the use of modern weapons.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/ww1/section7.rhtml (1462 words)

	Human Rights Brief - Volume 7 Issue 3
		Contrary to government claims, however, Mexican forces are engaged in a low-intensity conflict, or war of attrition, in which serious human rights and humanitarian law violations take place.
		The Mexican government pursues a war of attrition designed to erode slowly the EZLN's economic and political bases of support with less gunfire and overt violence than in a traditional war.
		It is the violation of rights such as freedom of association, freedom of movement, and enjoyment of property that the government uses as one of its primary weapons in the war of attrition.
	www.wcl.american.edu /hrbrief/v7i3/thewar.htm (2903 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - War of Attrition & Rathgar Beau clash in Clonmel
		War of Attrition and Rathgar Beau clash in Clonmel
		War of Attrition will be battling Rathgar Beau all the way to the finishing line in the Clonmel Oil Chase on Thursday
		War of Attrition is the rising star in the steeplechase ranks who won the Swordlestown Cup at the Punchestown Festival in April and began this season with an excellent victory over Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Kicking King, in the Daily Star Chase at Punchestown last month.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2005/1116/warofattrition.html (173 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport... \| Horse Racing \| War of Attrition claims Gold Cup
		War of Attrition won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in spectacular fashion on the final day of the Festival.
		War of Attrition, owned by Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, won by two-and-a-half lengths after the showpiece 22-fence 3m 2f chase, the blue riband event of National Hunt racing.
		O'Dwyer took over from three out and as Ruby Walsh and Hedgehunter mounted their challenge, the seven-year-old War of Attrition took off and charged to victory.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4740622.stm (695 words)

	War of Attrition
		The War of Attrition was a very complicated type of conflict.
		It was more of a guerrilla war than a full scale confrontation, however it was fought between regular armies, navies, and aircraft squadrons.
		If the arab-Israeli war is expanded, then America becomes the enemy of the arabs, and thus America loses its authority in the middle east.
	amichai.com /war/process/attritionwar.html (1268 words)

	The War of Attrition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In September 1968, Egypt initiated a 'war of attrition,' with sporadic, static actions along the banks of the Suez Canal, which escalated into full-scale fighting, causing heavy casualties on both sides.
		Soon afterwards the US, afraid that Big-Power direct involvement would escalate into a WWIII that would involve nuclear missiles, agreed with the USSR to put an end to the war under the "cease-fire stand-still" formula of the Security Council (July 1970).
		By the time the war ended, 1,424 soldiers were killed in action.
	www.angelfire.com /biz/Israelwire/attrition.html (160 words)

	War of Attrition
		It was the CIA handbook that taught the Islamic fighters to use civil infrastructure such as tunnels and airliners to attack military forces and "soft targets" no matter the collateral damage to civilians.
		The absurdity of Bush's brave talk of "war" is that his own team in the State Department are very same individuals who indoctrinated Osama bin Laden under the administration of his father, George Bush the Elder.
		This is because the attack was conducted by citizens of the faraway United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, US allies in the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War.
	agricola2000.tripod.com /War_of_Attrition.htm (1091 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Egypt \| The same old war of attrition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From Nasserite socialism and wars with Israel to today's free market-driven, Israeli- friendly times repression of the 78-year-old "outlawed" Muslim Brotherhood, the nation's largest opposition group, has been constant.
		During the second week of the war Akef had said the group could send volunteers to Lebanon qualified to help Hizbullah militarily, triggering intense debate over the exact nature of the group's activities.
		The Brotherhood's military wing, aka the secret apparatus, was created in the 1930s to fight against the British occupation of Egypt and later, in 1947 and 1948, against the Zionist occupation of Palestine.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2006/810/eg4.htm (1139 words)

	The War of Attrition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Their armies were at the banks of the Suez Canal and by preventing its use put a stranglehold on the Egyptian economy.
		The Egyptians were able to cross the Suez without difficulty in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and their anti-aircraft batteries in the Sinai inflicted losses on Israeli planes.
		It was only because Egypt had been granted a foothold in the Sinai that she had the position and the confidence to launch an attack.
	www.truepeace.org /warattrition.html (601 words)

	1969-1970: The War of Attrition
		Egypt launched the War of Attrition along the Suez Canal with the idea of inflicting as many Israeli casualties as possible, thereby testing Israel's ability and determination to hold onto its gains from the Six Day War.
		The real War of Attrition, however, was with Egypt, which pounded Israeli positions along the Canal.
		During the War of Attrition (1969-1970), Egypt continuously improved its air defense capability.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/69iaf.html (717 words)

	Soldier killed as Iraq war of attrition grinds on - War on Iraq - smh.com.au
		Troops were suffering about 13 attacks a day across the country, with no obvious change in the attrition rate over the past week.
		Four US soldiers have been charged in an investigation into suspected abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war at a camp near Umm Qasr in the south in May, the US military said.
		Between 6,000 and 7,800 Iraqi civilians have been killed since the war began on March 20, according to an independent estimate.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/07/27/1059244492686.html (852 words)

	TCS Daily - Arafat, Sharon and the War of Attrition
		But that's unsurprising since they have little concept of the meaning and reality of a war of attrition.
		It may turn out to be the tipping point in the war of attrition.
		But such is the nature of a war of attrition.
	www.tcsdaily.com /article.aspx?id=100903B (719 words)

	War of Attrition during 1969-1970
		In addition to hostilities with Egypt, the War of Attrition included attacks along all three fronts (Egypt, Syria/Lebanon and Jordan) ever since the June 1967 cease-fire.
		Nasser responded by maintaining a constant state of military activity along the canal--the so-called War of Attrition, Various dates are given for the start of this war, but it really began immediately after the cease fire of the Six Day war, in July of 1967.
		Nassar was determined to test Israel's ability and determination to hold onto its gains from the June 1967 Six Day War.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_1967to1991_warofattrition.php (711 words)

	War of Attrition
		It was clear that it would be difficult for Egypt to come to Syria's aid according to the terms of their agreement because of an obstacle--the presence of UNEF troops, stationed on the Egyptian side of the Egyptian-Israeli border since the 1956 War.
		By June 11, the Arab defeat was total; Israel now held all of historic Palestine, including the Old City of Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, as well as Sinai and part of the Golan Heights of Syria.
		Egypt's losses in the war were enormous: approximately 10,000 soldiers and 1,500 officers killed, 5,000 soldiers and 500 officers captured, 80 percent of military equipment destroyed.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/egypt4.htm (610 words)

	The Dignified Rant
		And the lukewarm supporters of the war who are wavering with the drumbeat of bad news spread by the press will return to support when we win.
		The Cold War, with its habits of ending wars fast lest they escalate to general war (that’s nuclear war, in case you’ve forgotten).
		War is made on an identified — and identifiable — enemy.
	www.geocities.com /brianjamesdunn/TDRFAMAY2004ARCHIVES.html (9450 words)

	Iraq prepared for a "War of Attrition"
		The Iraqi vice-president has said his country was prepared for a war of attrition and that this was part of their "plan and strategy".
		In an exclusive interview with Abu Dhabi TV, Taha Yasin Ramadan said that the Americans and the British had to change their original plans after realizing that the war would not be a "picnic".
		The main thing is that they have started to admit the principle of the long war after they regarded the war as a picnic which would last three days or seven at most.
	www.globalresearch.ca /articles/IVP303A.html (1105 words)

	War of Attrition Diplomacy
		And the arab governments consistently refuse to make peace, continue with their aggression, and declare that they are making ready for a new all-out war...
		In the spring and summer of 1970, the United States realized that the War of Attrition was fraught with the risk of great power confrontation.
		As the jarring mission was still deadlocked, the United States government decided to undertake a new initiative with the object of bringing about a cease-fire on the Israel-egypt front and resumption of the jarring talks.
	amichai.com /war/process/attritiontalks.html (1183 words)

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