Sentences with phrase «military forces led»

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The Iraqi military, with support from the US - led coalition, Kurdish forces, and Iranian - backed Shiite militia units, have been slowly closing in on Mosul since the start of an offensive on October 16.

One of the aircraft under consideration, the A-29 Super Tucano, is already in service with the Afghan air force, and the US has ordered six more of them to send to the country as the military adjusts to President Donald Trump's plans to expand the US - led war effort there.

Following last Friday night's coordinated missile attack by a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces against Syrian chemical weapons facilities, there was a high level of consternation about whether the barrage of targeted airstrikes would escalate into a dangerous and wide - ranging military engagement between the Assad - led Syrian government backers (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah) and NATO forces.

That obsession led the United States to fight a war against an indigenously supported native guerrilla movement for which the U.S. military was unprepared (the second thesis); so American forces resorted to barbaric tactics and then lied to the American people about them.

Special Operations Forces (SOF) have been created or improved in order to lead military strikes throughout the third world, and thousands of U.S. troops have trained for a massive invasion of Central America.

1991 A US - led military campaign forces Iraq to withdraw in February.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

Our goal should be a return to leading by example — and by sound arguments — rather than by continual resort to unilateral armed force and repeated foreign military interventions.

Putin's centralization of control eventually led to the strangulation of the non-oil sectors of the economy, which forced Russia to rely upon military adventurism to protect oil exports.

First, it is debatable whether the poorly - equipped and generally ill - disciplined Afghan security forces will be able to muster the required military resolve to fight Taliban - led insurgents in their strongholds of southern and eastern Afghanistan.

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 combination of the Egyptian military, revolutionary forces, US and international suspicions — all coupled with no functioning parliament, constitution and executive — should go some way to alleviating any immediate premonitions about an emerging Brotherhood - led Islamist block acting as a serious counterweight to the Gulf's old guard.

The training was heralded on the US Army Africa website as building an «increased ability [in] both Ugandan and American Soldiers to adapt to rapidly changing conditions» that the Army hopes will lead to «greater understanding and perhaps even friendship» between the two military forces.

In spite of this, the military seems much more behind the revolution than it was in 2002; in a choreographed move, all of the generals and leading officers of the armed forces announced their support for the government immediately after Maduro announced Chávez's passing.

Following a sharp rise in UK military deaths in the months leading up to elections in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown was forced to defend the support troops received, insisting they had the necessary equipment to «get the job done».

Four violent - incidents leading to the destruction of some materials belonging to the Electoral Commission forced the Regional Security Council to introduce some measures which included the deployment of police - military team to monitor the exercise.

The junior officers were members of an underground political group within the Ghana Armed Forces called the Free Africa Movement (FAM) that they formed in October 1970 with the objective of seizing power in Ghana 1984 and using the country as the nucleus of a military - led push for the unification of the African continent under a single federal government.

It follows Afghan president Hamid Karzai's pledge at yesterday's Kabul conference that Afghan security forces would lead military operations across the country by 2014, in return for control over half of all aid money spent in Afghanistan.

This led to the threat by the head of the Armed Forces of Zimbabwe, General Constantino Chiwenga, that «the military will not hesitate to step in» when the issue had to do with protecting the «revolution.»

Concerns about the stretched nature of Britain's military, which is currently seeing lengthy deployments in both Iraq and Afghanistan, have led many senior armed forces personnel to warn the military covenant is being stretched.

The heroic service of the Tuskegee Airmen and other all - black military units led to the integration of the US Armed Forces.

On foreign policy, Gibson whose 24 - year Army career included three tours leading combat units in Iraq, has emerged as an advocate for a smaller U.S. military footprint overseas and more limits on presidential authority to deploy combat forces without Congressional approval.

Military sources disclosed that the march into the dreaded forest is being led by heavy artillery gun fire with long range arty - guns softening the grounds while Nigerian Air Force fighter jets and gunships carry out pounding from the air.

During the roundtable discussion, which was led by Rep. Stefanik, Vice Chair, House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Readiness at the nonpartisan Oneonta Vets Club in Oneonta, Faso emphasized the need to strengthen our military, modernize our weapons systems and ensure our forces are well equipped around the globe — while also streamlining expensive and burdensome procurement procedures.

The case of the Gambia last year is still fresh in our memories, where democracy was enforced by an ECOWAS Military Coalition led by the Armed Forces of Nigeria, under the focused and abled leadership of Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, General AG Olonisakin (NAM).

The 29 were rounded up on January 26, 2017 by a joint Military Police and Forestry Task - force, led by Palmer Aikins Amponsah, the Forest...

Dictatorships will generally be led by a single political party, a military junta, a military or armed forces council or whatever the leaders might wish to call it.

However luck ran out for them following a double assault by the combined forces of the military in an unexpected dawn raid which finally led to the destruction of their hideouts.

Still, it is undeniable that a variety of 21st - century forces — a new generation in the military, a change in climate at the top levels of the Pentagon, pressure on the president from a critical interest group, even Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand's anticipated Democratic primary battle in New York — converged to begin repeal of a 1993 law that has led to the discharge of more than 13,000 gay men and lesbians, including desperately needed Arabic translators.

Japan's constitution, written during the U.S. - led occupation after World War II, renounces war and the use or threat of force to resolve international conflicts and says military forces «will never be maintained.»

Notes Kaplan, «this finding could lead to the development of processing methods resulting in new high - strength and high - performance materials used for biomedical applications, and protective apparel for military and police forces.»

The devastating consequences of sexual trauma in the military reported by 25 percent of female and 1 percent of male veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces don't end with psychological and physical trauma, but are associated with a much higher risk for homelessness, a study led by Utah researchers has found.

Space and military law experts from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have joined forces to take the lead on understanding how our Earth - bound laws will be applied in times of armed conflict in outer space.

Led by the 2010 best - selling book «You Are Your Own Gym» by Mark Lauren, who once trained men and women in military special - forces units, strength and conditioning gurus of all kinds have begun offering their takes, leading to a hot sub-category of fitness books.

Established in 1997, Army Technology's blend of military procurement and reference resources makes it a leading one - stop - shop for professionals in the international ground forces industry.

Critic Consensus: A provocative and timely film that explores the military / industrial complex and the motivating forces that lead us to war.

Critics Consensus: A provocative and timely film that explores the military / industrial complex and the motivating forces that lead us to war.

A youth exhibits an unusual gift that gets him selected for advanced military training to lead Earth's forces in an intense war against Formics, alien invaders that nearly destroyed the planet once before.

The script never convincingly squares this film's vision of Cap as a guy who's willing to go it alone against government forces (led by William Hurt's Thaddeus «Thunderbolt» Ross) who want to regulate super-heroic interventions with the Captain America of «The Winter Soldier,» who decided he'd rather go against his own government than allow one of its highest ranking military officials to order extrajudicial assassinations.

A disturbing and essential documentary that exposes the outrageous and horrifying rape and cover - up inside the US military, leading to numerous lives ruined by psychological damage - which hopefully will make women rethink before joining the armed forces.

A climactic moment intercuts a special forces military operation led by Yonatan Netanyahu (Angel Bonanni), older brother of future prime minister Benjamin, with the pulse - pounding dance of the opening.

Obama Administration to Schools: Clear, Limited Roles for Police Get Police Out of Schools, Coalition of Student, Parent Groups Says Body Cameras on School Police Spark Student Privacy Concerns State Laws That Can Lead to School Arrests Targeted for Change Military Surplus Program Provides Weapons to School Police School Police Should Stay Out of Discipline, Organization Says Community Policing Task Force Has Recommendations for Schools, Too

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

The lead story is a beautifully written and heartbreaking piece about the precarious situation an Afghani school firmly rooted in humanism finds itself in as U.S. military forces leave.

Now that the U.S. - led military coalition has forced Iraq from Kuwait, just how low will gas prices go?

Established in 1997, Army Technology's blend of military procurement and reference resources makes it a leading one - stop - shop for professionals in the international ground forces industry.

The brothers led a group of right - wing guerrilla soldiers, called «God's Army,» against the Burmese military who were forcing the Karen people from their lands to secure the route of an oil pipeline.

A Soviet force has been dropping debris from satellites orbiting the Earth, which in turn has led to the Kessler effect: a chain reaction of collisions that ultimately lead to the destruction of practically all civilian and military satellites.

Jon fights through a treacherous web of criminal, military, and shadowy terrorist forces only to find the violence keeps leading back to Robert.Eventually, both brothers must face the deadly truth — only one brother can survive.»

In Homefront: The Revolution, you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.