Sentence examples for bomb exercises from inspiring English sources

The bomb exercises killed a civilian in at least one instance, and island residents protested for years, some engaging in futile hunger strikes to convince the Navy to leave.

The four men demonstrated against Navy bombing exercises there last month.

The bombing exercises have been a constant source of friction with villagers.

In many cases, these Democrats represent districts where the military is not only welcome but conducts similar bombing exercises.

It is in Ceiba, not on the island of Vieques, where Navy bombing exercises set off years of conflict.

Critics say the bombing exercises endanger the lives of the 10,000 residents of Vieques, a small island off eastern Puerto Rico.

AND you probably thought that the Vieques protests were about the Navy's bombing exercises on that Puerto Rican island.

The protesters, who included two members of Congress, want the Navy to end bombing exercises and leave the island.

In 2001, he and three others, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, were imprisoned for protesting bombing exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.

A federal district judge today dismissed a lawsuit seeking to halt the Navy's bombing exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.

With the nation on a war footing, Democrats backed away from their demand that the Navy immediately halt bombing exercises on Vieques.