Sentence examples for armed forces actions from inspiring English sources

The judge agreed with prosecutors who said the 85-year-old, as head of the government at the time, should answer for the armed forces' actions.

It has coloured the initial responses of key Western governments - like President Barack Obama, for example, speaking of the US being "deeply concerned" by the Egyptian armed forces' actions.

The report described mass killings and gang rapes by the armed forces in actions that "very likely" amounted to crimes against humanity.

At my table people were discussing the tense political situation in the Baltics, with the Russian armed forces taking actions which are endangering the NATO nations in the region.

Six Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for actions using the PIAT: On 16 May 1944, during the Italian Campaign, Fusilier Frank Jefferson used a PIAT to destroy a Panzer IV tank and repel a German counterattack launched against his unit as they assaulted a section of the Gustav Line.

It was our chance to get to know the armed forces in action, each other and the committee staff.

"The Russian defence ministry has registered a growing number of signs of hidden preparation by the Turkish armed forces for action in Syrian territory," a ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, said.

Although dissident Labour MPs may find a way of registering their opposition through a procedural motion, unlike Mr Bush, the British prime minister is not constitutionally required to gain the support of the legislature before committing his armed forces to action.

Following the breakup of the Soviet Union in late 1991, newly sovereign Russia undertook efforts to drastically reduce its nuclear and conventional armed forces through unilateral actions and agreements with the United States.

"The Russian defence ministry registers a growing number of signs of hidden preparation of the Turkish armed forces for active actions on the territory of Syria," said spokesman Igor Konashenkov, sparking a robust denial from Ankara.

The bad acts alleged in this case are among the most serious charges that can be leveled against a government -- that its agents deliberately set fire to a building full of people, that they pinned children in the burning building with gunfire, that they illegally employed the armed forces in these actions and that they then lied about their conduct.