Sentence examples for clandestine faction from inspiring English sources
The concept of the fifth column has popped up several times throughout history, including during World War II, when the French army's swift defeat in June 1940 led to suggestions of a clandestine faction working with the Germans.
Fifth column, clandestine group or faction of subversive agents who attempt to undermine a nation's solidarity by any means at their disposal.
ALEXANDER YEMETS -- January 2001... Member of Parliament... Died when the driver of his Mercedes lost control and drove into a roadside ditch... Had joined an opposition faction in Parliament... Died at the height of a scandal over clandestine tapes of presidential conversations.
The clandestine operation now vets and trains about 400 fighters a month, but the CIA-backed factions have struggled to take and hold territory.
WASHINGTON -- A secret CIA effort to vet rebel forces fighting the Syrian government and help U.S. allies steer arms toward factions likely to be sympathetic to American interests is fraught with dangers not seen in other recent clandestine operations, policy analysts said.
Refugee accounts gathered by Human Rights Watch and clandestine footage aired on France 2 television depict a vast region of West Africa, including the historic city of Timbuktu, now under the repressive sway of militant Islamist factions like Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Not exactly clandestine conduct".
"Firstly because it was clandestine.
He was compulsively clandestine.
