Sentences with phrase «occupation force»
The phrase "occupation force" refers to a group of soldiers or military personnel who are stationed in a foreign country to maintain control and authority over that area. Full definition
In paragraph 4, Resolution 1973 explicitly precludes «a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory.»
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The invaders set up what was, by their brutal standards, a benevolent occupation force in Paris, while a new French government formed in the southern city of Vichy.
Operative paragraph 4 of the resolution also authorises Member States making the notifications so provided, and acting in co-operation with the UN Secretary - General, to take all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory.
Another brother, Robert, took to the countryside and fought with the armed resistance, the Maquis, which engaged in guerilla raids on occupation forces.
Blair told the Chilcot inquiry that the disasters which hit occupation forces in the aftermath of the invasion were only clear «in hindsight».
Rise of Religion Modern - day terrorism can be traced back as far as the first century A.D., when the Zealots of Judea secretly assassinated Roman occupation forces and collaborators because they felt that Roman rule was incompatible with Judaism.
When the Empire, with their heavy occupation force, rolls into the centre of the town square, they detonate explosives and snipe at them from hidden placements.
The narrative becomes more detailed, suspenseful and upsetting as Talty describes the days prior to the Dalai Lama's frightening escape during the 1959 uprising against Chinese occupation forces.
The second American Revolution has been crushed by the KPA occupation forces, and Philadelphia - last stronghold of the Resistance - is about to fall.
No wonder Polish President Andrzej Duda complains that the EU membership has become an «occupation force.»
That religious and ethnic factions have turned on the occupation forces, and on each other as the power vacuum was not fully filled by the coalition - backed new democratic government.
The «evildoer,» who slaps one of Jesus» hearers on the cheek, is apt to be a member of the occupation force.
Pitchers with Brown's kind of stuff are increasingly rare in an occupation forced to lower its standards.
As things now stand, foreigners in Tokyo must grope their way around town by looking for weather - beaten wooden arrows erected years ago by the occupation forces when they made a stab at sorting out the main streets by letters and numbers.
Para. 4 which authorises the use of all necessary means (short of an occupation force) is not just about protecting civilians but also, importantly, about protecting civilian populated areas under threat of attack.
This spring they are prepping the occupation force and rolling out Wii Fit into the US and, as far as a number of analysts are concerned, they can look forward to a flawless victory.
Exactly how Obama was supposed to repudiate an agreement signed by Bush, and maintain an occupation force against the wishes of the Iraqi government (he tried, but failed to negotiate an extension) is not explained.