Sentences with phrase «army general with»
When their curiosity triggers a series of unexpected events, their adventures will lead them away from home and everything they know into dark, secret governmental conspiracies — including a mysterious U.S. Army general with his own nefarious plans.
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The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.
Film and television stars, on the other hand, employ an army of public relations professionals tasked with ensuring their clients are seen as «normal» by the general population.
Wesley Clark Jr, a writer whose father is retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, met with law enforcement on Friday to tell them that 3,500 veterans may join the protest and the demonstrations would be carried out peacefully, protest leaders said.
Petraeus, a four - star general married for 37 years, stepped down as head of the US spy agency just three days after President Barack Obama's re-election over his fling with Broadwell, an army reservist who traveled to Afghanistan to write a glowing biography of the general.
The People's Liberation Army Daily on Wednesday published its list of attendees for the upcoming 19th party congress in Beijing on October 18, with two notable exclusions: Fang Fenghui, who was recently replaced as the chief at the Joint Staff Department in China's military and is currently under investigation for corruption, and General Zhang Yang, the director of the political work department, who also sits on the military commission.
During the Civil War, President Lincoln rewarded Grant with a promotion to lieutenant general and made him general - in - chief of the armies.
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump's choice of John Bolton to replace Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster as national security adviser replaces a restraining influence in the president's inner circle with a dedicated hawk.
«There is a fight between Diosdado and Tareck for control of the industry,» said Hebert Garcia, a former army general who later broke with Maduro and fled the country.
To quote from the original paper defining the B.G.P.: «[Imagine] a group of generals of the Byzantine army camped with their troops around an enemy city.
For example, as early as 20 years ago General Frederick Coutts of the Salvation Army wrote: «Salvationists are identified with the high ideals of social justice and acceptance of the unchallenged rights of every man as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights» (Human Rights and the Salvation Army [Campfield Press, 19681, p. 5)
There's a good video on an Indian site with an interview by a female Sikh reporter with the Indian Army general (Bara, Baka,?
Once established as king, he was able to augment his private army with thousands of Israelite soldiers, under the command of seasoned and able generals.
Yahweh fights, with the divine army, of which the stars are a part, 8 against the kings and their general, Sisera.
It was only when temporal power failed to protect innocent people that he resorted to raising an army, consulting with generals on military strategy, instructing ambassadors to the king, and negotiating a separate peace.
With the NATO bombing of Serbia in its fourth week and facing the prospect of failure, General William Odom, former director of the U.S. National Security Agency, published an essay in the Wall Street Journal urging the ground invasion of Serbia via Hungary: a high «speed armored ground assault charging down through open country in Hungary to attack Serbia from the north while on its southern flank the country is fighting assorted anti «Serbian forces and pockets of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
In the army a sergeant doesn't argue with a general, even though I'm sure he may privately wonder what is going on in his head.
You can pretend you're knights and dub him the royal «Big Brother» by tapping him on each shoulder with a baby bottle, salute him like an army general, or have him raise his right hand and solemnly swear to uphold the laws of big brotherhood.
The local army commander, General Dyer, marched a troop of Indian soldiers — who were mainly Gurkhas with some Baluchis - to the square.
With the end of the cold war and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact there was a general expectation of a «peace dividend»: Finally, some of the enormous funds previously needed for the vast army could be redirected to more productive ends.
Clearly he was an early and avid supporter of Barack Obama, but interspersing the 2008 presidential election with in - depth studies of Montgomery Meigs, the Quartermaster General of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War, leaves the reader perplexed and thirsting for more, which is not provided.
The Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Kaduna State Command SIB operatives, smashed a deadly killer gang and arrested 4 suspects in connection with the kidnapping and subsequent murder of an army officer, Col. Samaila Yunusa, in Kaduna on 27th March, 2016.
The video is a rap - spoof of a media interview with «General Baxter, representing AFRICOM», probably a play on the American Union Army General Henry Baxter (1821 — 1873) who fought during the American Civil War.
In 2006, Martin Narey, the former director general of the prison service, claimed that Blunkett had once told him to use the army and machine guns, to deal with rioting prisoners.
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has revealed how he sacked his domestic driver over confrontation with officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps...
He added that it is in line with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai's Barracks Investment Initiative Program (BIIP) to take care of the welfare of the troops and in way boost the morale of troops fighting against insurgency in the North East Nigeria by empowering their families and wards.
«The major findings of the Investigation Panel were as follows: There was no collusion on the part of the Nigerian Army and units operating in Taraba State with any bandit (s) as stated by Lieutenant General TY Danjuma (Retired).
Following reliable information received from some well - meaning Nigerians during Anti-Illegal Bunkering and Anti-Pipeline Vandalism patrol, troops of 81 Division Nigerian Army, in conjunction with Department of State Security, Inspector General of Police Task Force Team, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp, Federal Road Safety Corp and Lagos neighborhood Safety Corps swooped on suspected pipeline vandals -LSB-...]
«The assumption that the battlefield is just some industrial site several thousand miles away where is someone is killed there is always someone to blame - well, you could start with the enemy,» General Sir Mike Jackson, who led the Army from 2003 until 2006, told peers on the Lords» constitution committee.
The address by Lt. General Buratai reads, «You may recall that the Nigerian Army has been engaged in the conduct of counter insurgency operation tagged Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East region for some years with considerable successes.
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General William Azu Ayamdo, who visited the crime scene on Tuesday, said GAF was already in close collaboration with other security agencies to thoroughly investigate and ensure justice for Captain Mahama.
In line with the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai's disposition to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar had in the early hours of Monday 15 May 2017, led some security chiefs on a visit to the conflicted villages of Cross River and Ebonyi States with the aim of resolving the crisis.
Herbert's challenger, Peter Cooke, is a businessman and retired two - star major general with the U.S. Army Reserves.
Following reliable information received from some well - meaning Nigerians during Anti-Illegal Bunkering and Anti-Pipeline Vandalism patrol, troops of 81 Division Nigerian Army, in conjunction with Department of State Security, Inspector General of Police Task Force Team, Nigerian Security and...
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.
The GOC enjoined troops to remain resolute in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists and insurgents in the North East in order to ensure total compliance with the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai's directive that remnants of Boko Haram terrorists are flushed out of Nigerian territory.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai and the Nigerian Army were conferred with awards of patriotism and excellence by THE NIGERIAN News Portal at The Dorchester, in the City of Westminster, London on Friday 25th August, 2017.
The awards which were presented by John Milton, renowned American Journalist with specialty in photojournalism and Patrick Smith, Editor in Chief, African Confidential Magazine were received by Major General Chris Jemitola, Chief of Policy and Plans (Army), on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai and the Nigerian Army.
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family Lt. General Victor Malu (retired), as well as the government and people of Benue State on the death of, the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
The father of late Harun, Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, was a senior Nigerian Army officer and writer who was executed by the government of Major General Ibrahim Babangida on 5 March 1986 following a military tribunal death sentence for treason associated with an abortive coup.
Public scepticism has been re-enforced by the blockbuster accusation by General T.Y Danjuma, former Chief of Army Staff and Defence Minister that the Nigerian Military under Buhari are «colluding» with «armed bandits» (read Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen) to carry out ethnic cleansing across communities in central Nigeria!
(De Blasio will be calling in from Washington, where he's scheduled to meet with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite to discuss resiliency projects in New York City, returning home to the city this evening).
Last week, the head of the army, general sir Richard Dannatt, said the British public are not supportive of troops, contrasting their «dismissive and indifferent» response with the attitude to homecoming troops in America.
No mention either of General Sir Walter Walker or Colonel David Stirling who in the mid-1970s busied themselves setting up private armies with a view to taking over in the event - which they confidently expected - of a breakdown of law and order.
A statement signed by Brigadier General Sani Usman, Director, Army Public Relations said, «Interestingly, despite the heat of the battle, the troops also vaccinated all children under the age of 5 with Polio vaccinations.
His statement in full, «The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to the unfortunate statement made by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, during the convocation ceremony of the Taraba State University on Saturday 24 March 2018 in which he categorically asserted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria was colluding with militias and other criminal elements and was unable to provide security for the citizens of Taraba State.
Welcoming participants, Chief of administration, Nigerian Army, Major General Idris Alkali noted that officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army were involved in several operations within and outside the country hence the need for personnel to improve on their professional competence and catch up with modern trends in theatres of operation.
In line with the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai's disposition to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional responsibilities, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar had in the early hours of Monday 15 May 2017, led some security chiefs -LSB-...]
He says he also spoke with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and ascertained that bridges are built much more quickly in Afghanistan and elsewhere abroad.
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF BAGS KWAMEH NKURMAH LEADERSHIP AWARD The Chief of Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSB-ARMY STAFF BAGS KWAMEH NKURMAH LEADERSHIP AWARD The Chief of Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSB-Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSB-Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North -LSB-...]