Sentence examples for commandos on from inspiring English sources

Still, even with American commandos on the ground, no one was suggesting that finding Mr. bin Laden would be a cinch just because his Taliban shield was crumbling, its soldiers' morale sapped by weeks of steady American bombing and defections from its ranks.

The assault by commandos on the town of Piochar, in northern Swat, was one of the first efforts by Pakistani soldiers to join the fight in large numbers.

Nearly two weeks later, and the world still doesn't know the full story behind the disastrous attack by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid ship that left eight Turks and one Turkish-American dead.

They then shot down a Chinook helicopter with 16 commandos on board.

Within three hours an aircraft arrived with US commandos on board.

A North Korean submarine lands commandos on the South Korean coast.

Press on the Commando one, and then at the bottom you should see EQUIPMENT.

He therefore suggested forming a special squad, consisting of ex-commandos on secondment from the army, and giving them carte blanche to go on the offensive against the terrorists.

When the men were reported kidnapped by an armed commando on Sept. 30, the authorities were quick to argue that they must have had some links to drug trafficking.

5.55pm BST At the international ceremony on Sword beach in Ouistreham, French veteran Leon Gautier of the Kieffer commando (on the left, below) and German veteran paratrooper Johannes Borner (on the right) have embraced on stage as a sign of reconciliation.

Lorcan Roche Kelly (@LorcanRK) Ireland to go commando on leaving the bailout November 14 , 201311.36am GMT Peter Spiegel (@SpiegelPeter) Irish PM Kenny to announce decision on ESM line of credit in about 10mins, Irish official tells me.