Sentence examples for authorized an attack from inspiring English sources

An hour after the cabinet authorized an attack on the Old City, a halftrack carrying the paratroop brigade commander burst through Lion's Gate opposite the Mount of Olives.

Although Al Qaeda was an exclusively Sunni association, neither bin Laden nor Zawahiri had ever authorized an attack on Shiites.

The investigation of the embassy attack uncovered evidence of Iran's involvement, including communications between Tehran and Iranian diplomats in Syria and Lebanon that authorized an attack on an American target and allocated funds to pay for the operation.

Indeed, the Senate quickly postponed plans for a vote authorizing an attack.

A Security Council resolution effectively authorizing an attack on Iraq never came to a vote.

B'nai B'rith has strongly supported a Congressional resolution to authorize an attack on Iraq.

Nor has Washington settled on who would authorize an attack; experts see roles for both the president and military commanders.

Mr. Bush pledged this week that he would consult with Congress before ordering any invasion, but he stopped short of promising to ask for a vote authorizing an attack.

Then Senator Tom Daschle, the majority leader, pledged that Congress would vote within weeks on a resolution to authorize an attack, with its passage all but assured.

At the United Nations, the United States, Britain and Spain kept up their pressure on six undecided nations to vote in support of a Security Council resolution authorizing an attack on Iraq.

If force must be used, those nations believe it should be done under the terms of a second Security Council resolution on Iraq, one that would explicitly authorize an attack.