Because of the strength of the attack, they knew that their counterattack had to be swift and strong.    From LearnThat.org. 

It's very good this month -- there's a very sharp analysis on why counterattack is a bad idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: December 15, 2002 - December 21, 2002 Archives] Reference

Mr. Feingold's counterattack is fierce and personal in ways that past campaigns of his weren't.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wisconsin Sours On Its Self-Styled Maverick] Reference

In warfare, the notion of counterattack is extremely powerful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigilantism Is a Poor Response to Cyberattack] Reference

His counterattack was a split second too slow to give a disabling slash to Valkan's other arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference

The best way to counterattack is to get a majority of board members and investors on your side.    From Wordnik.com.  [TechCrunch] Reference

I think the counterattack is a heck of a weapon and something we need to put into out strike force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

But is this kind of counterattack giving the book a boost?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2004] Reference

According to the New York Times, Israeli always "counterattack".    From Wordnik.com.  [Wednesday, May 07, 2008] Reference

2 In OPFOR terminology, a counterattack is a tactical action conducted by divisions.    From Wordnik.com.  [FM 100-61 Chptr 6 Army an Army Group Defensive Operations]

I also think that the rhetoric of the war on terrorism has made that kind of counterattack easier.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2004] Reference

"counterattack," the Yonhap news agency said on Thursday.    From Wordnik.com.  [RIA Novosti] Reference

 But Clinton's campaign is honing its counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Drop of Blood in the Water] Reference

Now Chrysler has hired a New York PR firm to counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Fuel] Reference

Much of the counterattack revolves around the theme that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Norman Solomon: State of Denial: After the Big Leak, Spinning for War] Reference

He was in "" campaign mode, '' trying to quickly counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Friends Like These...] Reference

Industry and Big Business have already begun their counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sen. Ted Kaufman: Captive Regulators Contributed to Oil and Financial Disasters] Reference

Hillary, meanwhile, took charge of the defense -- and counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex, Lies And The President] Reference

But one general, Salah el-Kadi, argued against a massive counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reading Saddam's Mind] Reference

It opens Republicans to the Democrats 'traditional class-warfare counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trouble With Taxes] Reference

Thailand took up the challenge, but in ways that opened the door to counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Kind of Drug War] Reference

Once initiated, the counterattack would be controlled by so-called command missiles.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

"There's a real counterattack to Gorbachev taking shape," says an administration analyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Unhappy On The Eastern Front] Reference

We try to hurt teams, not just play on the counterattack, and we created a lot of chances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Calls for Kevin MacDonald to keep Aston Villa job after instant impact] Reference

There was stronger evidence of a government role in the cyber counterattack on Falun Gong.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Firewall Of China] Reference

Elf CEO Philippe Jaffre is forgoing vacation while he plots his counterattack on TotalFina.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caution: Men Working] Reference

At one point, a Taliban counterattack threatened to overrun one CIA-Northern Alliance position.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Street Fight] Reference

Luckily for the man, his eventual counterattack forces the teens to retreat before the police come.    From Wordnik.com.  [Street Fight Caught On Video: Man Brawls With Three Attackers In Herald Square] Reference

Gore war-gamed the legal counterattack from the dining room table of the vice presidential mansion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Full Court Press] Reference

Democrats in Washington say Ford has written a new template for swiftness in campaign counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path To Power] Reference

The accepted wisdom was that you didn't want to be on the other side of a Mike Sitrick counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [How crisis PR hasn't kept up with the turbulent times] Reference

They play a sophisticated tactical game that highlights their strengths -- defense and counterattack.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cognoscenti's Guide To The World Cup] Reference

Her campaign, always poised to counterattack, implied she was being victimized because she is a woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Sure Thing] Reference

They will counterattack powerfully, dominate the air and capitalize on weakness in the Brazilian defense.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clash Of The Titans] Reference

Satellites and reconnaissance aircraft provide intelligence about Iraqi defenses and counterattack forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Shores Of Kuwait] Reference

In the counterattack the entire Albanian population was driven away and dozens of Albanian fighters killed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waiting, Waiting . . .] Reference

Over the years, the Clintonites have developed a sophisticated capability to counterattack -- and cover up.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secret War] Reference