Sentence examples for foreign raids from inspiring English sources

He and President Obama held a joint news conference on Friday announcing an accelerated turnover of security responsibility to Afghan forces next year, the end of foreign raids by spring and the handover of detainees still under American control.

Among members of the Afghan public, though, foreign raids on private homes are seen as deeply offensive, and the prospect of continued American commando operations after 2014 is unlikely to receive a warm reception from the roughly 3,000 delegates to the loya jirga.

They measure this expansionism by five criteria, including the firms' international sales and assets, and the money they can tap for foreign raids and acquisitions.The result is a list that cunningly appeals to the pride of the aspirants and the insecurity of rich-world incumbents.

He said it was likely that al-Shabaab expected something like a foreign raid after it perpetrated the attack on Nairobi's Westgate mall.

The first phase of the war began with two unsuccessful invasions of the provinces by mercenary armies under Prince William I of Orange (1568 and 1572) and foreign-based raids by the Geuzen, the irregular Dutch land and sea forces.

In the aftermath of the raids, Foreign Minister Vũ Văn Mẫu resigned in protest, shaved his head like a monk and sought to leave on a pilgrimage to India; Nhu ordered Đính to jail him.

It was the biggest and most dramatic foreign hostage-taking raid seen in Algeria or the Sahel, where the lawless desert has long been notorious for kidnap raids.

"The foreign forces are raiding and killing innocent people.

Responsibility for the attack, followed by a similar strike against a Thai embassy vehicle, was claimed by the Revolutionary Violence Group, the newest addition to a list of cells raiding foreign missions and businesses.

The police, who acted with the help of information from foreign intelligence agencies, raided several apartments, a prominent mosque and a small prayer hall, Mr. Rubalcaba and local Muslim representatives said.

The director of the original Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has questioned the need for the upcoming American remake, reigniting a long-running war of words over Hollywood raiding foreign language films to repackage them for a global audience.