Sentence examples for Two militias from inspiring English sources

The king's risky move That sinking feeling Don't blow the whistle ReprintsEarlier this month two militias fought each other in a territorial dispute near the town of Zawiya, west of Tripoli.

A single room at the Frans Hals Museum contains five of the artist's greatest works — paintings of the town's two militias, the Civic Guard of St. George and the Civic Guard of St. Adrian.

Of his roughly 50,000-man army, Colonel Qaddafi evidently trusted only two militias — with a total of about 10,000 men — to deploy against the rebels, Mr. Boyd said.

One theory, not denied by Eni, is that the two militias were fighting for the privilege of guarding Libya's most important oil and gas installation, as well as the economic and political benefits that accrue to whoever has that status.

A young Tripoli businessman who asked to be called Mohamed told me of getting a call last July, telling him that two militias were fighting on the road to the airport.

But even a cursory knowledge of Bandera and the two militias will reveal how contentious their role in history has been - not just for Ukraine and Russia but for Europe.

"These two, militia and democracy, cannot go together.

Before the war started, he warned of the irregular fighters with Mr. Hussein's Baath Party and two militia groups, Saddam Fedayeen and Al Quds.

As Qaddafi fled Tripoli, in late August, the city was swarmed by two militia forces: one from the western city of Zintan and the other from Misrata.

A decade ago, he erected a 10-metre statue of the late chairman in the centre of the village, guarded round the clock by two militia guards armed with pistols.

Two militia members were killed, he said, adding that the group had removed most of its weapons from the compound before the protesters overran it.