Sentence examples for competing commander from inspiring English sources
To complicate matters further, Abdullah Naker, a competing commander and head of the Tripoli Revolutionary Council, has publicly refused to acknowledge Mr. Belhaj as leader of the armed forces.
However, Mr. Najibullah's fall heralded a period of unrestrained violence in which competing Afghan commanders seized parts of the capital and fought one another with impunity, killing tens of thousands of civilians.
They have formed an air bridge that balances the diplomatic sensitivities of skittish allies that have allowed basing and overflight rights, with the competing military demands of field commanders eager to rush their might to the front.
Despite being surrounded by the stench of death, commanders competed for the best bands.
There was no overall commander, and no authority capable of resolving competing claims for resources, setting priorities, or shifting resources from one command to the other.
American officials said today that the negotiations for surrender had often involved two or more anti-Taliban groups competing to win the surrender of the same Taliban commanders.
"The dirty little secret among S.O.F. is that we were competing among ourselves," said Maj. Gen. Tony Thomas, the senior commander overseeing all American and allied Special Operations forces, or S.O.F., in Afghanistan.
Fake villages with irascible, faux tribal leaders and proxies representing the competing agendas of government agencies and nongovernment organizations are all in play to test a commander's expanding set of required skills.
He surrounded himself with loyal military commanders from his minority Alawite religious group and assured his domination through the competing machinations of 15 intelligence agencies.
Clearly defined roles, responsibilities and communication protocols, aided by Civil Defence commanders' military backgrounds, ensured the efficacy of the network and helped to stop the spread of competing information about the volcano.
