Sentence examples for commanding the operation from inspiring English sources

It was not clear whether Mr. Belmokhtar was at the scene or commanding the operation from afar.

No French African base was ever shut, much to the relief of those commanding the operation in Mali.

This is the sort of thing that gives historians a rampant case of the smugs, because if we were commanding the operation we would have spotted it.

Their admiration was rooted in their belief that the United States and the coalition it is leading are just in their cause, and that the tacticians who are commanding the operation have not, in the beginning at least, repeated the Soviet Union's military mistakes.

The Danish officer commanding the operation, known as Soldier B, explained his soldiers, including a British missile team with night sight equipment, were on the roof of a compound.

Meteb's life was saved by an office commanding the operation: "They ( the Syrian Army) went through our village from house to house, arresting or shooting.

Often the keep stood in line with the outer line of defenses, so that while one side looked toward the bailey (or succession of baileys) commanding the operations of the defense there, the other side commanded the field and the approaches to the castle.

Those commanding the operations on board are quite sure they are making progress.

So too was the Bayleaf, which commanded the operation.

But European nations not only command the operation here, they are also supplying all the combat troops.

But the military campaign has been dogged by friction over its ultimate mission, and which of the disparate countries involved should command the operation.