Sentence examples for an armed contingent from inspiring English sources

However, the BBC's Natalia Antelava in Mariupol says that although it appears the mayor and an armed contingent did enter early in the morning, there was later no sign of Ukrainian troops, and pro-Russian activists were planning to re-enter the building.

Otis owned upward of a million acres of land across the border in Baja California, and an armed contingent of "Magonistas" associated with Flores Magón's Partido Liberal Mexicano briefly took control of Tijuana and other parts of Baja in 1911.

"You've got armed security roaming around in the woods, if there's not a coordinated effort, and law enforcement comes across an armed contingent [of LEAR personnel], there could be an unfortunate confrontation".

An armed contingent of law enforcement officers held back a large crowd that had gathered to watch Anthony's release.

But a small armed contingent eventually broke away from the rally and seized the wildlife refuge, making vague threats of violence and spouting much broader grievances about government overreach.

"We've got 2 contractors and 10 security guards," said Mr. Bowen with a sidelong glance at the heavily armed contingent trailing him through the project, which he had already discovered was months behind schedule and would be less than 20percentthehe size called for in the original design.

And we normally do two at a time, so 25 people". Sadly, the move requires an armed security contingent due to the threat from poachers.

Finally, an armed SAS contingent was sent to board the ship, and they were transferred to a prison camp on Nauru.

Barreto argued that the armed contingent was protecting its people against rogue officers.

"When the grenade didn't explode, they came out of the windows," said one of the unarmed guards, who said he had spoken to the armed contingent over the two-way radio during the attack.

It is unclear whether the small but heavily armed contingent of peshmerga will be enough to swing the battle, but the deployment is a potent display of unity between Kurdish groups that more often seek to undermine each other.