Sentences with phrase «fight armed groups»

Not exact matches

It's suspected the two cartels cooperated to some extent in the 1980s, organizing an armed group to fight kidnappers and working to stabilize the drug market and divide up territory in the US — the Medellin cartel took Miami and South Florida, while the Cali cartel controlled New York City and parts of the northeast.

The two leaders discussed fighting the terrorist group ISIS and Iran - backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, as well as Saudi Arabia's arms purchases from the US.

The United States, Britain and France have all participated in the Syrian conflict for years, arming rebels, bombing Islamic State fighters and deploying troops on the ground to fight that group.

In addition to the ongoing internal power battles and military operations against armed militias, the LNA is also still having to fight pockets of Daesh / IS groups.

As Kaufman states, two groups of American Christians currently rely on these images of God in their responses to the nuclear situation: one group claims that if a nuclear holocaust comes, it will be God's will — the Armageddon — and America should arm itself to fight the devil's agent, Communist Russia; the other passively relies on the all - powerful father to take care of the situation.

Similarly, although some Christian groups have armed themselves against Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, most have chosen not to fight back.

One group claims that if a nuclear holocaust comes, it will be God's will — the Armageddon — and America should arm itself to fight the devil's agent, communist Russia.

In the immediate post-FARC period more violence is possible, as a number of other armed groups --- old and new, leftist and rightist --- fight to take the FARC's place.

The armed group Boko Haram is better equipped than the Nigerian military fighting it, the governor of the region worst hit by the attacks said after more than 100 people died in a village raid.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has stated that the successes being chalked as a result of the collaboration taking place amongst countries in West Africa and Africa in the fight against terrorism and armed groups is significant.

Rifts over whether or not to arm rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi appear to have intensified during the first meeting of the Libya contact group.

A second study showed that training in realistic environments, including practiced encounters with armed - opponent actors in buildings and streets, improved their shooting accuracy under stress Similarly, trials with 66 of the officers revealed that those who trained weekly on their own in a combat sport such as karate or kickboxing performed better under high - anxiety fights than those with no additional training, although both groups suffered performance decreases when conditions shifted from low to high anxiety.

In «Cartel land» we meet another armed vigilante group fighting on this side of the border.

Webb becomes aware of a story which leads to accusations that the CIA are aware of major drug dealers in the USA, and are using the profits to arm rebel groups fighting in Nicaragua.

In Michoacán, in response to his neighbors being gunned down and beheaded — an atrocity he photographed with his camera as proof of his enemies» barbarism — Dr. José Mireles sought to fight back against his community's oppressors by creating the Autodefensas, a vigilante group that took up arms against the cartels.

Story of group of abducted and reconstructed youth from various countries who escapes with help from a kind scientist, and who fights with the evil, international arms trader, Black Ghost.

Thankfully, we have the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) representatives fighting proposed ordinances city by city, but they are up against very powerful, well - funded groups that have strong lobbying arms and rallying cries, which constantly put us on the defensive.

While fighting a large group of enemies, the Arms don't feel as quick and responsive as the Blades, and sometimes that reaction time can make all the difference.

The other Metanet project in the works, Robotology (which I brought up a few weeks ago), also received a new teaser image showing the Department of Robotology's coat of arms — it looks like a group of mechs that attach to form a Voltron-esque robot and fight giant space monsters.

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.

Players play as a knight armed with a shovel who ventures off to fight against a villainous group of knights called the Order of No Quarter (their leader is an evil enchantress).

Armed groups finance themselves through the illicit conflict mineral trade and fight over control of mines and taxation points inside Congo.

Recent work by Global Witness and the UN Group of Experts revealed that all of the main armed groups involved in the current fighting in eastern DRC finance themselves through the trade in high - value minerals.

With a group insurance plan in your pocket, you can be armed to fight the emergencies even if you do not have an individual life insurance plan.

The group has previously called for Floridians to pick up arms against the government, fight for secession and revive a white «ethno - state.»