Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 43 firefight ensued 39 firefights 39 Shia militiamen 38 gunbattles 38 clan militias 37 Kurdish peshmerga 37 gunbattle 37 fierce gunfight 37 firefight 36 heavily armed 36 militants 36 Special Forces 35 Mali Niger 35 Muslim sects 35 gunfight 35 gunbattle erupted 34 mortars rockets 34 Taleban insurgents 34 artillery duels 34 condemnations 34 gunfights 34 commando raids 33 confrontations 33 heavy machineguns 33 clashes 33 Fatwas 33 Fedayeen 33 heavy machinegun 33 Abu Sayyaf guerrillas 33 Confrontations 32 Haradheere 32 Gunbattles 32 ensuing firefight 32 ambushes 32 internecine fighting 32 fierce gunbattle 31 gunfire 31 ransoms 31 factional fighting 31 Niger Mali 31 fierce firefight 31 kidnappers 31 kidnappings 31 factional clashes 31 Fierce clashes 31 neighboring republics 31 rockets mortars 30 firing mortar shells 30 insurgent 30 sharp rebukes 30 Civilians 30 narcotics traffickers 30 violent confrontations 30 widespread condemnation 30 deadly skirmishes 30 shootouts 30 AQIM 30 Ubaydi 30 tributes 30 civilians 30 multimillion dollar ransoms 30 insurgents 30 sporadic clashes 30 Taleban fighters 30 Sporadic fighting 30 Sporadic clashes 30 mortar shelling 30 freed unharmed 29 criminal gangs 29 clan elders 29 skirmishes 29 ransom kidnappings 29 platoons 29 Sadr Mehdi Army 29 mortar barrages 29 Skirmishes 29 mujahedeen fighters 29 Tarmiya 29 ire 29 muzzle flashes 29 Abu Sayyaf 28 drawn 28 Islamic Maghreb AQIM 28 1st Armoured Division 28 Somali diaspora 28 communiques 28 airstrikes 28 extortions 28 ransom 28 targeted assassinations 28 smugglers 28 Kidnappings 28 paratroops 28 clearly demarcated 28 Hostages 28 fierce battles 28 nighttime raids 28 First Cavalry Division 27 Somalia Puntland 27 sketches 27 Tuaregs