Sentences with phrase «by armed soldiers»

From my vantage point in Guadalajara, the not - so - secret service with earpieces are overshadowed by the armed soldiers in camouflage (literally) hiding in the bushes outside my door.

His urban landscapes are haunted by armed soldiers, ominous skulls and a populace hemmed in by violence and danger.

They were conveyed in two Marcopolo Buses marked Nigerian Army, and taken to the reception by armed soldiers, after a check - up at a medical centre.

He said: «Following Boko Haram's abduction of three priests and a nun in the border region by Boko Haram, missionaries are now accompanied by armed soldiers when they celebrate Sunday Mass there.

The panic of a prisoner unable to find his identity papers while he is screamed at by an armed soldier, a man with an obviously dangerous temper.

Not exact matches

The most explicit statement of these limitations is in the Constitution's first ten amendments — the Bill of Rights — which guarantee freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, the right to bear arms, protection against the obligatory quartering of soldiers, security from unwarranted search and seizure, the right to a grand jury, protection against double jeopardy and self - incrimination, the right of due process, just compensation for private property taken for public use, and speedy public trial by jury without excessive fines or bail.

It's long been known that Somali rebels will kidnap children and force them to fight, but apparently the government — which is armed and supported by foreign governments, including the United States — is using child soldiers too.

Following the announcement of a coup d'etat and a declaration of martial law by a group of soldiers claiming to represent the Turkish Armed Forces, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on his supporters to take to the streets and defend democracy, taking his call as far as sending text messages to mobile phones.

According to the Ghana Armed Forces, it must be noted that the monthly rate per soldier as paid by the United Nations since July 2014 had been pegged at $ 1,332.00 out of which $ 900.00 each was paid to the soldiers on a monthly basis with the remainder expended on pre-operational training activities which includes feeding, clothing, medicals and other logistics and ancillary services.

Angry and disgruntled youth backed by constituency executives have vowed to shut down the Savelugu Municipal Assembly office Thursday morning despite the presence of armed soldiers who escorted and inducted the Municipal Chief Executive, Hajia Aishetu Seidu into office.

«Is it correct to suggest that the budget of over $ 2 billion to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram in the North - East of the country was authorised by you or your office?

«Is it not correct to suggest that your administration acted on the basis that it was essentially unrestrained by international or Nigerian law in engaging in or encouraging the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers in order to protect them against attacks from Boko Haram and to enhance their ability to defend the territorial integrity of the country and provide security for its citizens?»

Under them hundreds of thousands of innocent Nigerians have been raped, maimed, robbed and massacred by well - armed, well - funded and well - organised Fulani militias and herdsmen all over the country yet not one of the perpetrators has been arrested or brought to justice simply because they are members of the President's ethnic group and they are his loyal foot - soldiers.

Cuomo soldiered on as Barron, who ran an unsuccessful bid for governor on his self - created «Freedom Party» line last fall, yelled loudly and urged his backers on by waving his arms.

The soldiers were in Maiduguri in search of arms that were allegedly smuggled into the building by UN officials.

The letter dated 8 January 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni reads in part: «SERAP is sending you this open letter to seek explanations from you, as former President and Commander - in - Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, on what you knew, or had reason to know on the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms to empower Nigerian soldiers to fight Boko Haram.»

Hear him: «Let me assure you that if I am elected President, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of Nigerian territory will ever be lost to the enemy because we will pay special attention to the welfare of our soldiers in and out of service; we will give them adequate and modern arms and ammunition to work with; we will improve intelligence gathering and border controls to choke Boko Haram's financial and equipment channels; we will be tough on terrorism and tough on its root causes by initiating a comprehensive economic development plan promoting infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture and industry in the affected areas.

The statement reads, «The Nigerian Army has set up a high powered committee to investigate allegations made by former Chief Of Army Staff, Lieutenant - General Theophilus Danjuma, that soldiers are colliding with armed militants to kill innocent citizens across the country.

An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) Mr. Williams Obiora has told a Federal High Court in Abuja how armed soldiers resisted the attempt by officers and men of the DSS to carry out a search on the house of a former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col Sambo Dasuki in 2015 for alleged unlawful arms possession.

The Governor said that military high command should address the abuse of soldiers by insulating them from carrying out unlawful commands so that the military itself will not be subject to abuse by any government in power who might be drunk with the idea that the military is the armed wing of its political party.

The three soldiers arrested by some residents of Tarkwa in the Western Region for allegedly extorting monies from them, are not members of government's Operation Vanguard Task - force, according to the Ghana Armed Forces.

As Special Forces of the Nigerian military move forward with the clearance operation of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in the North East, a massive cache of arms and ammunition belonging to the group was yesterday recovered by soldiers in one of the hideouts.

The Army hopes the effort will make it possible to regenerate arms and legs lost by soldiers in war.

A Most Wanted Man, like such other le Carré adaptations as The Tailor of Panama and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, has been hard - wired with an impenetrable narrative that holds the viewer at arms length from start to finish, with the convoluted, confusing atmosphere compounded by a total absence of interesting or sympathetic characters.

Quiet, armed with her sniper rifle, invisibly creeped through the forest and trained her laser sight on enemy units while Big Boss sneaked around, taking out soldiers one - by - one.

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There, the Allied soldiers face great resistance as they try to ascend Hacksaw Ridge, a mountain fortified by heavily armed and well - defended Japanese soldiers.

Essentially a band of freedom fighters, Mireles and his soldiers penetrate the Mexican landscape town by town, running the cartels out of them one by one via armed conflict, local intelligence and forced confessions.

He's a belated casualty of Area X, Lena learns, and too quickly, she's on a covert mission of her own, alongside an all - female squad of heavily armed soldiers led by the terse Dr. Ventress (Jennifer Jason Leigh).

Armed and united by the Archangel Michael (Paul Bettany), a group of strangers become unwitting soldiers on the frontlines of the Apocalypse.

Meanwhile Julie's father (John Malkovich) launches a search party to find his daughter, but by the time the tanks and armed soldiers roll down the street where R and Julie are hiding in a suburban home, she has succumbed to love — or the Stockholm Syndrome.

Of course, it's none other than Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes, aka the Winter Soldier, who was granted sanctuary by T'Challa at the end of 2016's Captain America: Civil War, with one arm and a fear of being turned into a stone - cold killer again.

The plot kicks into gear when one of Joe's main soldiers, the one - armed Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), takes off in a big rig with Joe's prized possessions: his five slave wives (played by Zoe Kravitz, Rosie Huntington - Whiteley, Abbey Lee, Riley Keough, and Courtney Eaton).

Cruise is Major Bill Cage, a soldier who has strenuously avoided active duty by becoming a PR rep for the armed forces in the face of an intergalactic war.

Neverhome By Laird Hunt Little, Brown • $ 16 • ISBN 9780316370165 Narrated by a Civil War soldier who calls herself «Ash Thompson» to disguise her true identity, Hunt's widely praised novel gives palpable life to historical accounts of women on both sides who risked everything to take up armBy Laird Hunt Little, Brown • $ 16 • ISBN 9780316370165 Narrated by a Civil War soldier who calls herself «Ash Thompson» to disguise her true identity, Hunt's widely praised novel gives palpable life to historical accounts of women on both sides who risked everything to take up armby a Civil War soldier who calls herself «Ash Thompson» to disguise her true identity, Hunt's widely praised novel gives palpable life to historical accounts of women on both sides who risked everything to take up arms.

The new child soldiers protocol establishes 18 as the minimum age for direct participation in hostilities, for compulsory recruitment, and for any recruitment or use in hostilities by non-governmental armed groups (formerly the age cutoff was 15).

A soldier of Gomorrah stepped forward, picking the captain up by the arm and dragging him away to the quarters of the head city guard.

He travels overland from Lake Tanganyika to the river's headwaters on the back of a motorbike, dodging mai - mai soldiers armed with machine guns, then downriver by UN patrol boat, dugout canoe and overcrowded barge.

- Rodea is an original creation by someone with ill intents - he is a R - 0 Sky Soldier created by Emperor Geardo of the Naga Empire - Rodea is tasked with protecting Geardo's daughter, Princess Cecilia - by meeting Cecilia, Rodea learned what it was to have a heart - he learned from her and realized what her father's desire to invade other countries were wrong - Rodea went down to Garuda to prevent Geardo from taking over that land and finds himself defending Garuda - Rodea immediately returns to the task he shared with Cecilia after his 1,000 year sleep - Ion and Cecilia aid Rodea by repairing his arm and helping him care about things greater than himself - Geardo sends the other Sky Soldiers, R - 1, R - 2, and R - 3, to aid in his conquest - Geardo wears a gigantic cloak and a massive headdress - Geardo went out of his way to make as much of his body with machines as he could - Rodea the Sky Soldier looks at the juxtaposition and integration of machinery into a more rural and natural environment

At the end of the tunnel are armed soldiers led by actor Mads Mikkelsen.

After exhorting a group of defenseless refugees to join the fight, he arms them, stirs them to battle... and then watches as they die, shot by enemy soldiers, or falling to their deaths in a massive platform collapse.

This results in a chain reaction leading to all of the cargo to fly out the back of the plane, and soon a train of large military vehicles covered by nets as the player fends off more armed soldiers.

After about three hours worth of total playing time I was able to perform three consecutive swings into the middle of a troop of soldiers, shoot one as I approached, drop a grenade on two others, and dispatch the last one by snagging him with the bionic arm and slamming him into Spencer's boots all without losing momentum.

Since the Ivorian civil war in 2011, his urban landscapes have been haunted by trauma; armed soldiers, ominous skulls and a populace hemmed in by danger.

Armenians are marched to a nearby prison in Mezireh by armed Turkish soldiers.

These arms are modelled on the» Belgrade Hand», one of the first artificial hands created with a sense of touch invented in 1963 by the Serbian scientist Rajko Tomović at the University of Belgrade responding to the limb loss of soldiers in the aftermath of the Second World War.

He was seized by soldiers armed and trained to fight a war, not dust for fingerprints.

The year before, in Sierra Leone, a squad from the Royal Irish Regiment was taken prisoner by a group consisting mostly of armed children called the West Side Boys, as the British soldiers were hesitant to open fire.

Over the next five years, the armed forces will reportedly reduce staffing by 250,000 soldiers per year.