Sentences with phrase «council of the armed forces»

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Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

Drawing on Isaiah's vision, we should pursue the following strategy: First, while patiently supporting the embargo against Iraq, we should begin placing our armed forces in the Middle East under the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council, as described in chapter VII of the UN Charter.

The parliament has also made the king a taxpayer, abolished his privy council, and stripped him of all executive powers, including command of the armed forces.

But President Mahama, then chairman of the Armed Forces Council, was said to have been meeting officials from Brazil and negotiating the acquisition of five jets, when the President appeared not to be aware of the transactions.

Yours sincerely Sheikh Dr Muhammad Al - Hussaini, Lecturer in Abrahamic Religions at Al - Azhar College, Al - Azhar Al - Sharif Sheikh Professor Mohamed Elsharkawy, Secretary of Scriptural Reasoning Imams Council Dr Edie Friedman, Executive Director of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality Imam Shahid Hussain, Head of the Interfaith Department, Regent's Park Mosque London Rabbi Reuben Livingstone, Chair of Children of Abraham, Jewish Chaplain to H M Armed Forces Imam Dr Abduljalil Sajid, Chairman of the Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony UK Rabbi Jackie Tabick, Chair of the World Congress of Faiths Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah, Rabbi of Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue

He came into office on the ticket of the People's National Party (PNP) after winning democratic elections organised by the Rawlings - led Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), which overthrew the Supreme Military Council (SMC) led by General Akuffo, on June 4, 1979.

The Security Council may decide what measures not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to its decisions, and it may call upon the Members of the United Nations to apply such measures.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

For instance it proposes that councils should give those leaving the armed forces in terms of housing allocation and schemes for shared ownership to get on the housing ladder.

And so Ghana got the June 4 Uprising and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) of which a lot has since been written and said, especially the execution of eight generals, including the then head of state General Akuffo.

The council of the UK's largest shooting organisation has decided to recognise the contribution made by the armed forces by introducing a subscription discount for all serving members, including reservists.

Under this Government new rules make crystal clear that local people and members of the Armed Forces are at the front of the queue for council homes in their area.

He made the disclosure during the launch of the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal Fund at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

In the east of England, armed forces minister Bill Rammell is fighting in Harlow against Essex county council.

The resolution — approved by 41 of the 51 council members, with eight voting «no» and two abstaining — bizarrely paints the 72 - year - old imprisoned and unrepentant leader of the terrorist FALN (Fuerza Armadas de Liberacion Nacional, Spanish for Armed Forces of National Liberation) as a «decorated Vietnam War veteran and community activist» who received a «disproportionate» 55 - year prison sentence for his crimes.

Mr. Amissah - Arthur, who is also the Chairman of the Police Council and the Ghana Armed Forces Council said the security agencies are ready to deal with any situation which has the tendency to mar the day.

The former head of Government and Official Spokesperson for the erstwhile Armed Forces Revolution Council (AFRC), Major Boakye has chided former President Jerry John Rawlings asking him to wake up from his slumber and accept that the NDC has outgrown him.

The statement, which was issued by the Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces said a team of senior police and military officers from Accra had also been dispatched to Tamale where «they joined the Northern Regional Security Council to hold a durbar with the military and the police in order to bring lasting solution to the cause of clashes in the region in particular.»

The Army, Navy and Airforce Councils, all headed by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the promotions of Forty - Two Major Generals, Rear Admirals and Air Vice Marshals in the Armed Forces with the Army producing 17 Major Generals, the Navy producing...

The Army, Navy and Airforce Councils, all headed by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the promotions of Forty - Two Major Generals, Rear Admirals and Air Vice Marshals in the Armed Forces with the Army producing 17 Major Generals, the Navy producing 11 Rear Admirals and the Airforce producing 14 -LSB-...]

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Armed Forces Council and ratified the National Defence Policy 2017 (Revised); Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service Officers 2017.

The Chairman of the Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) challenged the leadership of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the Ghana Police Service to smoke the peace pipe following the bloody clashes.

Buhari said this in his remarks at the inauguration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration 2018 Emblem and Appeal Fund which was held in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The case arose out of a coup d'etat in Sierra Leone in 1994, spearheaded by the three defendants who were the leaders of the «Armed Forces Revolutionary Council,» which led to horrific atrocities.

Al Waheed v Ministry of Defence, Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 2, [2017] 2 WLR 327 Instructed in the Supreme Court challenge concerning allegations that persons in Iraq and Afghanistan were unlawfully detained in breach of article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights by HM armed forces acting under mandates from the United Nations Security Council.

... «Approved medical assistant training program» means: (1) a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) or a medical assisting program accredited by any accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or (2) a program in a school institutionally accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; or (3) a United States Armed Forces medical services training program.

Organizers welcomed walkers and teams from the local police and fire departments, members of the armed forces and RCMP, city council and many local businesses.