But Western critics claimed they were half-hearted and always ended in peace deals with militants.
But the flaws are obvious: the draft is silent about militants' cross-border forays into Afghanistan; and it is not clear how ineffective tribal elders can wield influence over well-armed militants.
The Russian capital has been repeatedly rocked by attacks over the last years blamed on militants from its Northern Caucasus region.
The Israel Defense Forces spokesman Avi Benayahu said the offensive was just the beginning and it would continue until Gazan militants stop firing artillery at Israel.
Pakistan's army claimed Sunday to have killed 60 militants on the first day of an operation against an al-Qaida and Taliban sanctuary in the country's South Waziristan tribal area.
And meanwhile, the militants are taking full advantage.
No one knows how many militants still lurk in the creeks.
NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that France's Foreign minister says it's now about destroying the militants' rear basis.
In mid-April Hamas and Fatah held their first joint rally for three years, to protest against Israel for continuing to keep some 6,600 Palestinian militants in jail.
In addition to dealing with the aftermath of this summer's floods, the Pakistani Army is embroiled in a draining fight with well-armed militants in the tribal areas along the Afghan border.
The security forces bombarded possible hideouts of militants in the northwestern tribal areas on Thursday after one kidnapped soldier was killed by the militants, DAWN NEWS reported.
Unknown militants attacked the Kerem Shalom crossing this week, forcing Israel to close it for a couple of days.
Armed militants emerged from the shadows during clashes with troops; some of the dead and injured were soldiers, including a decorated army colonel.
Israel has balked at launching all-out urban warfare in Gaza City, where Hamas militants are more familiar with the lay of the land and Israeli casualties would be liable to spiral.
For the second straight day, the Lebanese army and militants clashed in Tripoli.
But as of Friday morning, a small number of militants still remained in parts of both hotels.
But the family turned out to be a gang of militants who chained Nuss to the floor of a stifling, mosquito-ridden windowless room, took photos of him with a gun to his head and demanded the release of comrades jailed for fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.
He did not answer directly, but he said Hamas militants must stop rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel.
It says it has killed 1,700 militants in Malakand, or about a quarter of the Taliban's total there, and seriously wounded their leader, a former boatman called Mullah Fazlullah.
Officials from the Afghan police and intelligence agency denied the militants' claim, saying the document was a fake.
The drive-by attack appeared to be a new tactic for the militants.
The militants violently disapprove of the pirates' boozing and whoring.
The report's impact on troop positioning and Pakistan's war against militants remains to be seen.
Two previous military offensives in the last two years against the Swat Taliban failed to push them from the valley, and after each time the militants returned even stronger.
General Musharraf said he also explained the recent truce that the Pakistani military reached with pro-Taleban militants in the semi-autonomous tribal regions of Pakistan.
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