Sentences with phrase «by firing squad»

The piece premiered in a Cuban fortress used from colonial times through the early years of the Revolution as a site where the counter-revolutionary opposition was submitted to torture and execution by firing squad.

She is unafraid to address controversial subjects, from a colonial war for independence in «The Woman of Algiers» (2001) to «The Widow» (2013) in which Pauline Lumumba can be seen walking bare - breasted through the streets of Léopoldville, in mourning for her dead husband, Patrice Lumumba, the former prime minister of Congo who was executed by firing squad in 1961 by Katangan forces, as well as themes derived from newspaper articles, religious imagery, the adult entertainment industry and the artist's imagination.

Over one million Jews were murdered there at the hands of the Nazis, whether in the crematorium, by firing squad, as guinea pigs in experiments, or by other methods.

Gunshots are exchanged and characters are killed by a firing squad — many of these shootings happen on screen (little blood is shown).

In 1945, Vidkun Quisling was sentenced to death in Norway for collaborating with the Nazis (he was executed by firing squad in October 1945).

The story picks up — that is, the credits end — after the brothers have been shot by a firing squad for killing their own during Vietnam.

She is sentenced to death by firing squad, but at the last moment a guard, bribed by the Polish Home Army resistance movement, frees her.

Georgiev, who had been working for a company on the other side of the country, had been released a few months earlier after having spent four years in prison, but the other medical workers, later dubbed the Tripoli Six, were waiting for death by firing squad.

A Statement detailing the action of General Buratai, signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, said, «The death sentences by firing squad passed on 66 soldiers in January and March 2015 by separate General Court Martials have been commuted to 10 years imprisonment each.

Indonesia already has some of the toughest anti-narcotics laws in the world, including death by firing squad for traffickers, and sparked international uproar in April when it put to death seven foreign drug convicts.

A Somali journalist who helped al - Shabab kill five fellow reporters has been executed by firing squad.

Marshall Petain was sentenced to death by firing squad, but de Gaulle commuted that to life imprisonment.

let's line the team up against the stadium, execute them by firing squad and burn wenger and the board in a whicker man!

I think he was a dangerous robber and would have been hanged or shot by firing squad, had he been alive today.

Indicators suggest he might choose to die by firing squad.

A man convicted of murder in Utah will soon be given the opportunity to choose how he wants to be executed: by lethal injection or by firing squad.

Utah is the only state that allows execution by firing squad...

They ki11ed more than 90 million people in peace time usually by firing squad because they disagreed with them politically.

Yep, intimacy by sunrise by a firing squad.

Even the fine print on the bottom of the screen indicating kills and enemy positions as they're reported by your fire squad were legible and crisp.

Not exact matches

Saying that its safer than equity volatility is like saying death by a thousand cuts is safer than a firing squad.

Oh yes, that old antiquated law of holiday observance that must be obeyed or we shall receive 50 lashes, be subject to fines and imprisonment, brought before a firing squad, burned at the stake, and worst of all, face excommunication from the Church, as decreed by the Holy Roman Empire!

More than 3,700 men and women now reside on America's 39 — one federal and 38 state — death rows; 717 individuals have been executed by lethal injection, electrocution, poison gas, hanging and firing squad since Gary Gilmore's death in 1977, and the 85 individuals put to death last year ranked the United States third in the world, behind China and Saudi Arabia.

So as reported by the Evening Standard, Anelka thinks Wenger should show the same faith in Olivier Giroud, declaring that Arsenal have much more creativity and fire power in our squad than people seem to realise.

Radamel Falcao's future has been thrown into doubt following his omission from the Manchester United squad that faced Southampton on Sunday, and super-agent Jorge Mendes has thrown fuel on the fire with his latest comments, as reported by Goal.

Sorry to get u guys upset but AW ain't signing any player CECH waz out biggest signing he can win us the cl & epl trophies, after Saturday game its clearly we need firing power up front im not mad @ giroud & u guys shouldn't cuz the manager picks the squad not giroud & if aw don't have a st by end of transfer i think thats it for him we need someting new @ the clud & thats a manager sorry to say that aw time is up & been up.

And with the Arsenal forwards struggling to find the net in recent weeks, the fact that the United defence is the area of the squad that has been hit hardest by injuries could be just the thing to get us firing again.

Arsenal may have «shot themselves in the foot» (as Wenger said) by not being ready for our first two League games but with the campaign restarting in earnest next week, we should have a fully fit squad firing on all cylinders when we play Southampton next weekend.

Coming off of their win from just hours before they just didn't have enough Stops in them to prevent Team Wilneff from getting the W. Wilneff's squad was led by Brad «he's on fire NBA Jam style» Schwartz who had 21 and Anthony «grizzled vet» Maione's 20.

The move started with a delightful ball played deep into the box by Rooney which was headed back into the danger area by Valencia and there was Rashford to fire a low shot into the net and celebrate his call - up to England's provisional squad for the European Championships.

Getting our targets will take time and patience... and like the article said well enough... Arsene has started by putting on the fire and getting rid of the «deadwood»... now there isn't any facade of squad depth... now is when we buy or fail the season... and I am willing to bet we will rock the market... and at the end of the year, we will rock the leagues

Some families are lucky to be embraced by a natural parenting community, while others face a virtual firing squad questioning, of all things, their diapering choices.

Three men executed by hanging and firing squad were convicted of involvement in killing senior military figure Mazen Faqha

The party has been outlawed by various governments and Tudeh members sent to torture chambers and firing squads; yet the party has relentlessly continued its struggle, remaining loyal to the lofty ideals of peace, democracy and socialism.

Bitter disappointment for Ed Miliband and a political disaster for Nick Clegg led to both men quitting, and are sure to lead to months of soul searching for their parties as they mourn the loss of some of their most famous faces - felled by a brutal electoral firing squad.

He is blindfolded and led, by motorcycle to some abandoned warehouse, where he is kept in a filthy concrete cell, questioned daily, beaten at times, and once even placed before a firing squad who shot bullets all around him where Issac was so terrified, he defecated in his pants.

AWZ brilliantly switches things up by letting you go on the offensive, as you're forced to compile a squad of supply vehicles, robot - like crawlers, armored personnel carriers and even fire - spewing tanks before you then bring up a tactical screen where you have to plot different routes through the battlefield and then let them do their thing.

Joseph Kosinski's steadily absorbing tribute pulls inspiration from the GQ article by Sean Flynn, dedicating the bulk of its two - hour running time to fleshing out a handful of the 20 - member Granite Mountain Hotshots, a Prescott, Arizona - based squad who faced the ultimate test when they came up against the infamously deadly Yarnell Hill fire in the summer of 2013.

The Last Outpost: Blending action - adventure with romantic melodrama, this rousing saga follows a British prisoner (Cary Grant) who is rescued from a firing squad by his cellmate (Claude Rains).

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 20, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Fired Up (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, partying, partial nudity and pervasive crude humor) Teen comedy about a couple of high school's football stars (Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) who hatch a plan to spend the summer at a camp filled with gorgeous girls by quitting the team to try out for the cheerleading squad instead.

1967: One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez «Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.»

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She was killed by German firing squad in 1915; a year later, Canada renamed the 11,033 - foot «Mountain of the Great Crossing» in her honor.

You'll engage in pitched sniper battles across the length of the map, assault the enemy in close quarters combat, drop off your squad by piloting a helicopter under enemy fire, decimate the foe with a tank, watch jets scream overhead as they dogfight, dodge a mini-gun attack from a boat and sneak through enemy lines, all in the same match.

Jump and shoot your way to freedom as you search for your fellow Aliens and break free from captivity.It will take teamwork and dexterous fingers to survive this close encounter with humankind.Our new arcade style run and gun game.Returning fire, aiming, and cooldowns are taken care of by our squad of feisty...

A line of enforcement led by Edgar Ross form a firing squad as Marston comes out guns blazing.

The tactics used by the squad include movement, formations, cover fire, flanking, and bounding over watch.

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.