Sentences with phrase «against the insurgency of»

Santa and Easter are heavily bogged down in a religious war against the insurgency of Bing - Bing The Magic Tap - Dancing Chicken and his dark minions, but if you leave a message, they will get back to you as soon as they can.

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As for what he thinks of the situation in Afghanistan — now that the military has since taken over from the CIA's initial «insurgency» against the Taliban — Crumpton doesn't see much of a bright side:

In December 1979, in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) against a growing insurgency.

The contribution of Oz's father to Menachem Begin's underground insurgency against the British was limited to helping with the occasional propaganda leaflet.

Instead of behaving in a professional manner, our military invaded Iraq with far too small a force; failed to respond adequately when parts of the Iraqi Army (and Baathist Party) went underground; tolerated an orgy of looting and lawlessness throughout the country; disobeyed orders and ignored international obligations (including the obligation of an occupying power to protect the facilities and treasures of the occupied country — especially, in this case, Baghdad's National Museum and other archaeological sites of untold historic value); and incompetently fanned the flames of an insurgency against our occupation, committing numerous atrocities against unarmed Iraqi civilians.

Not to be confused with the much better known uprising of the Warsaw ghetto a year earlier, the rising of the title refers to the insurgency of Poles, including the remaining Polish Jews, against the Nazi occupation.

Dan - Ali noted that the passing out of another set of officers to the Nigerian Army came at a period when the country was consolidating on the gains of counter-insurgency operation, adding that «the Nigerian Armed Forces, as you are aware, have been involved in an extensive combat against insurgency and terrorist groups.

«We are shocked at the totally partisan reaction of our colleagues from the minority party, PDP, to the on - going investigations and recovery of public funds meant for the prosecution of the war against insurgency.»

In the Mau Mau case, three Kenyan survivors of atrocities committed during the suppression of the Mau Mau insurgency recently won the right to claim damages against Britain in the High Court in London (a fourth claimant died before the conclusion of the process).

The Theatre Commander also extol on the role of the media in the fight against terrorism and insurgency.

Obasanjo commended Buhari for «delivering» on his core areas of strength and ability, particularly in the anti-corruption crusade and the war against insurgency.

Cuts in size based on the insurgency diminishing also worried MPs, given the strong possibility the Taliban will redouble its efforts against Hamid Karzai's government after the departure of international forces.

The Vice Chancellor in his response assured the GOC of the University's support in the ongoing war against insurgency.

In a symbolic presentation of one of the kits to the Theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole, the Commander of the British team Lt Col Alex Micheal said the training program was United Kingdom's support to Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and insurgency in the North East theatre.

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.

What's fascinating here is that Teachout, who ran a Bernie Sanders - like insurgency primary campaign against sitting governor Andrew Cuomo, is now cast as the choice of the Democratic establishment.

He said: «In continuation of the counter insurgency, the air component in the last one month conducted 286 operational sorties against terrorists» targets from 25 December to date in the Sambisa forest covering an area of 157,000 km2 which is equivalent to the total land mass of South Korea, Portugal and Togo in a total of 536 hours, 21 minutes were flown by various platforms engaged in the operations, «This translates into 316,637.5 litres of aviation fuel which amounts to N60.3 million, excluding the cost of maintenance and armament expended.»

According to Irabor, «Operative objective of the military in its counter-insurgency operations derives from the President's statement that the war against insurgency wouldn't be said to have been won without the rescue of the Chibok girls.

Labour will support government plans to join airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) when the House of Commons votes to join America's broad coalition of countries fighting the insurgency in Iraq, Good Morning Britain has heard.

Chad is a key military player in the fight against Boko Haram but it is struggling with the humanitarian challenge of the insurgency.

The Asa - Ooni Adimula of Ora - Igbominaland, Oba Joshua Tinuoye Atolagbe has called for unflinching support, collaboration and synergy among Nigerians towards the successful realization of the dreams of the present administration in its anti-graft war and fight against insurgency.

The statement further stated, «It is a notorious fact that the Presidency and the APC have been plotting to loot this $ I billion from our heavily depleted Excess Crude Account (ECA) since last year, using the guise of fight against insurgency».

She lauded the Theatre Command and troops of Operation Lafiya Dole for the successes so far recorded in the Counter terrorism and Counter insurgency operations against the Boko Haram terrorists.

Samson Itegboje commended the Federal Government for the steady progress in the areas of economy, infrastructure, fight against insurgency and anti-corruption.

The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to adopt new strategies in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in order to achieve...

The party also demanded an independent investigation into the processes of release and utilization of all special funds for war against insurgency in the last three years.

Mr Obama will be hoping more nations will get behind his new agenda for Afghanistan, the fight against the insurgency and the growing number of militants holed up in the border region with Pakistan.

The Nigerian media is one of the best in the world and have consistently been partners in progress and very supportive, understanding and cooperative with the Nigerian Army especially in the fight against terrorism and insurgency.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Armed Forces of Nigeria for their selfless service at maintaining indivisibility of the Nation since Independence and especially in the current fight against insurgency in the North - Eastern part of the Country.

The Nigerian Army has praise media for its unbiased reports and coverage in the fight against insurgency operations in the North - East of the country.

Sixteen local government chairmen in Ekiti State have sued the Attorney General of the Federation and governors of the 36 states over the approval of $ 1billion from the Excess Crude Account of the federation for the fight against insurgency.

Equally, the meeting came on the heels of the directive that security agencies should not relent in their fight against insurgency during his nationwide broadcast on Monday.

The chief of army Staff said the military authorities would continue to accord priority attention to training and retraining of their personnel in order to ensure the success of the fight against terrorism and insurgency.

Insisting that Boko Haram insurgency was not about religion, Buhari said, it would be wrong to read religious meanings into the activities of the sect as it is against the doctrine of any religion that worshipers and children should be killed.

«The public and indeed Nigerians are hereby requested to disregard rumours and speculations on the alleged takeover of the command and control of Operation LAFIYA DOLE and continue to support the fight against terrorism and insurgency.»

Also, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Thursday said the release of the 21 Chibok girls had silenced those he described as doubters of the sincerity of Buhari to the fight against insurgency.

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The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Gu Xiaojie has assured the Nigerian Armed Forces of the Chinese government's readiness to partner in the current fight against insurgency.

The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan - Ali has said the counter insurgency operations against Boko Haram have rendered the terrorist group incapable of launching organized attacks.

The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo - Ita, who was the special guest at the occasion, commended the army for the successes it had achieved so far in the war against insurgency.

Buhari said his government was committed to the fight against terrorism and insurgency, adding, «The security services have since been directed to put in place further measures around all schools vulnerable to attacks to ensure the safety of our pupils / students and teachers and school workers.

The position of the Federal Government is that in view of the fact that Cameroon has been a major key player in the war against insurgency and the involvement of Cameroon in fighting for the stability of Nigeria, it will be out of the foreign policy context of Nigeria to abandon Cameroon and the acting president directed me — and I have communicated appropriately that if the only vote that will come to Hayatou will be from Nigeria, Nigeria should stand with Hayatou.»

As part of its promise to help in the fight against insurgency, the US government has donated 24 Mine - Resistant Armour Protected (MRAP) vehicles to the Nigerian military.

Following efforts to boost the capacity of the Nigerian Army to carry out assigned tasks in the battle against insurgency and other security challenges effectively, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai said Wednesday that the Army was set to acquire its own -LSB-...]

«It is apparent that those peddling negative stories about the war on insurgency do so because they believe they can instigate Nigerians to force the military to divulge full details of its strategy in the counter-insurgency war because there has been reported changes in the approach adopted against the terrorists.»

Troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Nigerian Army have achieved an unprecedented feat yesterday in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in its area of operations with the discovery and destruction of an IED making factory in the epicenter of the insurgency.

Insurgency: FG pledge to release additional $ 79m to multinational force President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria will redeem her pledge of $ 100 million for the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to enhance the operations of the force in the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram iInsurgency: FG pledge to release additional $ 79m to multinational force President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria will redeem her pledge of $ 100 million for the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to enhance the operations of the force in the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram insurgencyinsurgency.

He stated that the Nigerian Army troops are doing well in the North East, and acknowledged the support of President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerians as well as international organizations in the fight against the insurgency, adding that terrorism is a global problem that must be tackled to enable development thrive in the continent.

Addressing officers and men of the Nigerian Air Force participating in the counter insurgency operation against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs), the CAS said «those who deserve standing ovation, and our sincere appreciation as a nation, are those living in trenches at this time of Easter».

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 East.