Dec 20, 2009 12:55
14 yrs ago
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Arabic term

عملية استباقية

Arabic to English Other Government / Politics علوم عسكرية
قام الجيش اليمني بعملية استباقية ضد أفراد يشتبه بأنهم من تنظيم القاعدة.

Proposed translations

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pre-emptive

The Yemeni army carried out a pre-emptive mission against personnel suspected of belonging to Alqaeda.

IE They launched an attack before the suspected alqaeda personnel could carry out any action.
Peer comment(s):

agree GihanSS
14 mins
Thanks Gihan
agree Randa Farhat : http://www.alghad.com/?news=160144 | http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/33806DDE-23F7-4F58-9043-A...
29 mins
Thankyou Randa
agree Alan Gardiner
30 mins
Cheers Alan
agree Bayan Taleb
1 hr
Thanks Bayan
agree sktrans
1 hr
Thanks sktrans
agree Mahmoud Basal
1 hr
Thank you Mahmoud
agree yzmohasseb : that's exactly it ! but I don't think we need the dash..
4 hrs
Thank you very much, you often see it written without the hyphen but to be 100% correct it should be hyphenated at least according to my dictionaries
agree Mohsin Alabdali
17 hrs
Thank you Mohsin
agree Maureen Millington-Brodie
18 hrs
Thanks again M.
agree sarax999
18 hrs
thanks Fatima
agree Noona1978
20 hrs
thanks Noona
agree Nidhalz
1 day 1 min
Thanks Walid
agree Lina Shehabi Murad (Mourant)
1 day 1 hr
Thanks Lina
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I'm satisfied with this answer since it explains the meaning!"
4 mins

Precautionary mission

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-12-20 13:06:25 GMT)
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precautaionary operation
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+1
17 mins

proactive operation

proactive operation
Peer comment(s):

agree Mohamed Salaheldin
3 mins
شكرا جزيلاً أستاذ هاني
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54 mins

preventive operation

preventive operation/mission
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