Sentences with phrase «of military action against»

Rabin and Peres banter back and forth about the merits of military action against the terrorists, the former trying to get others to understand why he's resistant to use force while the latter plots with quietly intense Machiavellian precision in hopes of changing his mind.

Hatred of Obama is masking the depth and significance of his decision to seek Congressional approval of military action against Syria.

However, the monarch's consent is required before Parliament may pass legislation removing such powers: this was seen when the second reading of the Military Action Against Iraq (Parliamentary Approval) Bill, which would have removed the monarch's ability to authorize military action without Parliamentary approval, had to be abandoned because the monarch (on the advice of her government) refused to grant such consent.

«It is on record that Amnesty International embarked on such series of false allegations against the Nigerian military and other security forces as far back as the inception of the military action against terrorists in the North East.

It wasn't good enough for the leader to read his position from a typed up script at shadow cabinet meetings discussing the prospect of military action against Isis in Syria or the EU referendum.

Trump appeared to walk back his threats of military action against Syria, tweeting that an attack could happen «very soon» or «not so soon at all.»

Tweeter in Chief: Despite his pronouncements that he would never publicly telegraph military plans, President Trump's threats of military action against Syria may have already triggered a response from adversaries.

Not exact matches

We could see attacks against satellite systems, including denial of service, orbital positioning attacks and other outage - inducing actions that could do everything from disrupting television shows to paralyzing military systems.

LONDON, April 11 - The U.S. dollar slipped to a two - week low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as trade war fears receded but uncertainty over possible Western military action against Syria bred risk aversion among some investors.

The Pentagon holds a briefing Friday about the joint military action against Syria in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on civilians in the town of Douma.

The Syrian government denied its forces had launched a chemical assault, while Russia, Assad's most powerful ally, called the reports fake and warned against military action on the basis of «invented and fabricated excuses.»

«We hope that there will be no point of no return, that the US and the allies will refrain from military action against sovereign states,» he said.

He told the interrogators that he and his brother had been motivated to strike against the United States partly because of its military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what the two saw as a broader conspiracy against Muslims.

Nevertheless, Netanyahu's hawkish retort not only increases the odds the US will pull out of the deal but raises the spectre of Israel taking military action against Iranian nuclear facilities.

Unilateral military action against North Korea would likely differ from the list of U.S. missile strikes above.

In the late «90s the neocons urged President Clinton to take military action against Iraq; their letter to him is reproduced on the dust jacket of Dorrien's book.

The hubris has gotten so out of hand, in fact, that one prominent «presumption against war» advocate recently proposed that the Catechism be amended, so that a consensus of bishops, the faithful, and theologians (the last presumably shaping the judgment of the first two) be required for judging a given military action morally legitimate.

The leaders of two of Britain's major church denominations have urged the government to think twice before agreeing to take part in military action against Islamic State (IS).

Hard just war theory reverses these emphases, replacing them with the following: a presumption against injustice and disorder rather than against war; an assumption that war is tragic but inevitable in a fallen world and that war is a necessary task of government; a tendency to trust the U.S. government and its claims of need for military action; an emphasis on just war theory as a tool to aid policymakers and military personnel in their decisions; an inclination to distrust the efficacy of international treaties and to downplay the value of international actors and perspectives; a less stringent or differently oriented application of some just war criteria; and no sense of common ground with Christian pacifists.

Toppled Moammar Gaddafi: In March 2011, joined a coalition of European and Arab governments in military action, including air power and naval blockade, against Gaddafi regime to defend Libyan civilians and support rebel troops.

Specifically he notes how he refused to entertain the arguments against military action in the run - up to the Iraq war, even when articulated by card - carrying conservatives, because his hatred of terrorists and liberals outran his reason.

After the bombing started Interfax reported a Gallup International poll showing a majority of Moscow residents against the US military action (BBC Worldwide Monitoring 2001)

On the other hand, the Assad regime does not appear to have involved its own military forces in this strike by Iran on Israeli forces, or in many of the other actions taken by Iran supported forces against Israel.

With the rising Ukrainian nationalism and the increasingly more and more visible loss of control of the central government over the country (in the recent trade blockade of Donbass by Ukrainian nationalists, president Poroshenko protested the blockade but was unable to force its lifting), it is possible that Ukrainian military will take more forceful action against Donbass and Luhansk, which may force Russia's hand, so not all risk of war is beyond us.

Within the USA, the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists is so broad as to be a rubber - stamp for any action by the president.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

Labour, on the other hand, says Cameron's response is typical of his character, and that he was unable to win the support of the country for military action against Assad because he failed to listen to the opinions of others.

Certainly, Corbyn's authority would be undermined if, say, he voted against future UK military action in Syria but a majority of his MPs backed it.

Saraki had said the Senate would soon meet with security chiefs over military action against members of IPOB and their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

Kicking off the 10 - hour debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Cameron urged MPs from all sides to back military action against «women - raping, Muslim - murdering, medieval monsters».

The 66 Labour MPs who voted with the Government on the main motion to support «taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria» represented well under a third of the 231 current Labour members of Parliament.

Senate President Bukola Saraki, said the Senate would soon meet with security chiefs over military action against members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

So the president may take any military action of any magnitude against any target so long as he informs congress within 48 hours and does not take longer than 60 days?

«Chief of Army Staff, General Buratai and his military hierarchy are desperately using every and any available strategy to justify their actions against IPOB family members in Biafraland particularly in Anambra State because of our boycott threat.

Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country's presidential election, saying such action could threaten the security of the entire sub-region.

In response to reports that Theresa May could try to push a motion through the House of Commons on joining military action against Bashar al - Assad if she wins the election, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry has said such a move would «risk open conflict between our armed forces and those of Russia and Iran.»

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

Police are in advanced stages of preparation for what is expected to be a large London protest tomorrow against Israeli military action in Gaza.

Yet the use of chemical weapons against a country's own citizens surely requires a forceful act of intervention, even if that includes limited military action.

Who remembers the Prime Minister's speech or the numbers of MPs voting for and against military action?

When we look back to those days of protest against American action in Vietnam, in 1967, the year Ali refused to be indicted into the military, the country could hardly be described as being anti-war as it was to become later.

Despite Mr Benn's intervention, a majority of Labour MPs chose to vote with party leader Jeremy Corbyn against the military action.

While Congress prepares to vote on whether or not to take military action against Syria, two local members of Congress are still considering all the facts.

With President Obama set to deliver a prime - time address from the White House in what could be his last best chance to sway lawmakers to support military action against Syria, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton slated to give a high - profile speech in Philadelphia, and the Senate headed toward a key Wednesday test vote on Syria, there is A LOT going on in the political world Tuesday.

The World Peace Council was established on the orders of the Communist Party of the USSR in the late 1940s and for over forty years carried out campaigns against western, mainly American, military action.

Another danger of such an approach of using military strikes to promote a political solution is that it will be very difficult to get the balance right between the threat of continuing and escalating military action against the regime and shifting the balance of power just enough to create incentives on both sides to negotiate.

The possibility of an invasion was already openly discussed, and potential military action against Iraq by the US had already been authorized.

Several days after MPs voted against UK military action in Syria, the Daily Politics asked commuters and shoppers which of the main two party leaders came out on top.

MPs John Baron and John Woodcock on possible UK military action against Islamic State and a recall of Parliament.

«We are also consulting with the administration on possible sanctions actions against individual Russians and Ukrainians that range from visa bans and asset freezes, to the suspension of military cooperation and sales, as well as economic sanctions,» the New Jersey Democrat said.