Sentence examples for forces assumed from inspiring English sources

Ten days later, Fiji's armed forces assumed power, appearing to hijack Mr Speight's attempted coup.

A Kurdish minister survived a bomb blast as the regional government's forces assumed control of the oil-rich city.

The attack came less than two months after Afghan forces assumed formal responsibility for security in the capital.

The agricultural and handicrafts cooperatives established at these bases were instrumental in facilitating economic and social recovery after communist forces assumed control of Shanxi in 1949.

Kurdish commanders have defied Baghdad, and a minister survived a bomb blast as the regional government's forces assumed control of the oil-rich city.

Lashkar Gah was among the first cities where Afghan security forces assumed sole control last summer in the first stage of a transition from American security.

As the Afghan forces assume broader control of the province, foreign forces will pull out.

The Afghan security forces assume control at a time when war rages in many parts of the country.

Increasing the size of our military forces assumes that the burden of national security policy should fall solely on them.

As a result, allied forces assume that they are fighting a loose conglomerate of like-minded opponents.

Gen. Graham Binns of the British Army said Iraq was prepared to take over the Basra region, with British forces assuming a supporting role.