Sentence examples for decisive security from inspiring English sources

His punishment was swift and decisive: Security forces arrested him, threw him in a jail cell and branded him a spy, he says, adding that they beat him.

The Victoria Falls Conference, the détente initiative and the associated ceasefire, though unsuccessful, did have an impact on the course of the Rhodesian Bush War, as they gave the nationalist guerrillas significant time to regroup and reorganise themselves following a decisive security force counter-campaign during 1973 and 1974.

The regime still has decisive leaders, many security services, a core political/demographic base of support at home, plenty of tanks and ammunition, billions of dollars of money, and tens of thousands of foot soldiers.

It will also be a decisive year for national security.

According to Japan's foreign ministry, Mr Bush and Mr Abe - who was in Seoul for talks - agreed to call for "decisive action" at the security council meeting.

RIO DE JANEIRO — In a quick and decisive military sweep, Brazilian security forces seized control of this city's most notorious slum on Sunday, claiming victory in a weeklong battle against drug gangs that has claimed dozens of lives.

They see the state not as a sacred cow but as a provider of basic services and security.The decisive moment, some of them say, came in November 2007, when Mr Saakashvili, faced with the prospect of losing power, sent riot police to crack down on a demonstration and to trash a television station.

I praised the swift and decisive response of Somali security forces to the attack on the Somali Parliament today.

Putin's popularity has, in the past, been buttressed by periods of strong economic growth, and by decisive action in national security crises.

The impact of the security forces' decisive counter-campaign was undone by two drastic changes to the geopolitical situation in 1974 and 1975, each relating to one of the Rhodesian government's two main backers, Portugal and South Africa.

Developments within the Iraqi communities themselves will be decisive in determining political and security trajectories.