Khartoum first armed the janjaweed so they could ride south and pillage SPLA territory.
They saved our people and we have to say thanks".Not since Western governments first armed the anti-Soviet mujahideen in the 1980s have Western and jihadi groups seemed so aligned.
India already had alienated the Sinhalese majority in the 1980s, when it first armed the Tamil Tigers and then sought to disarm them through an ill-starred peacekeeping foray that left almost three times as many Indian troops dead as the 1999 Kargil War with Pakistan.
It was also during the Song period that naval ships were first armed with gunpowder weapons.
The Brawn is the man who goes in first, armed to the teeth with light guns that pack a punch.
This was the UN's first armed peacekeeping force, stationed along the Suez Canal.
The Tigers were the first armed group to make suicide bombing their trademark.
"When we entered it was dark," a member of the first armed response unit, identified as Jean, told MYTF1 news.
Australia has launched its first armed combat mission against Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq, but did not strike any targets.
The M-19 became the first armed group to sign a peace deal in Colombia, almost 30 years ago.
His alcoholic father left home, his stepfather beat him and he committed his first armed robbery at 13.
