Sentence examples for commanders credit from inspiring English sources

Both NATO and Afghan commanders credit raids by American special forces for weakening the Taliban.Special forces are also training tens of thousands of civilians for the Afghan Local Police (ALP), a village-based defence force which has become a central part of the effort to shore up security in rural areas.

Commanders credit the fighters, dubbed Sons of Iraq, with helping to bring down violence.

U.S. commanders credit an uprising by Sunni tribal leaders that began in Anbar for helping to turn the tide against Al Qaeda in 2007 and 2008.

Anti-Assad commanders credited the bombs with helping to change the fighters' psychological experience of the battle against their government.

But the attempt failed, and Iraqi and American commanders credited their strategy -- the Iraqis as the first line of defense, backed up by American reinforcements.

Even some of those who dislike Nikolic for his aggressive approach to politics and Trump-thin skin for criticism (like the time he threatened to contact the employers of people who liked a satirical article about him on Facebook) grudgingly give the ex-military commander credit for his work on the Tamar, although the effectiveness and environmental impact of silt-raking is disputed.

"We are facing aircraft and shooting down aircraft with captured weapons," said Jamal Marouf, a commander credited by the fighters with downing the first MIG-21 here.

Immediately after World War II, some Allied critics suggested that the German pilots on the Eastern Front had deliberately miscounted their kills--that, among other things, squadron commanders took credit for all the planes shot down by their pilots.

The outgoing British commander, Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, credits the Taliban with being "still tactically quite resilient and certainly quite dangerous".

His 2011 incarnation as a top Libyan rebel commander, widely credited with chasing the Gaddafi family out of Tripoli, propelled him to international attention - along with his account of being tortured under the controversial CIA interrogation programme known as rendition.

His latest incarnation as the top Libyan rebel commander, widely credited with chasing the Gaddafi family out of Tripoli, has propelled him to international attention - along with his account of being tortured under the controversial CIA interrogation programme known as rendition.