Sentence examples for guerrillas up from inspiring English sources

Many people in Diyarbakir also insist that a partial or full amnesty for the thousands of PKK guerrillas up in the mountains would end the Kurds' rebellion forthwith.While Turks tend to berate the EU for its perceived partiality in favour of the Kurds, the Kurds themselves see things rather differently.

That is especially so in Argentina, the scene of the worst official crimes (and the most reckless guerrillas): up to 30,000 people were murdered during or just prior to the 1976-83 military dictatorship there.

The locals all knew the story of how an intrepid Englishman led Greek guerrillas up the mountain track behind the town in 1942 and blew up the iron viaduct over the Gorgopotomas river to hold up Rommel's weapons and tank supplies which Germany was freighting through Bulgaria and Greece for shipment to Libya.

They followed the guerrillas up-river.

Smith dug in, the guerrillas upped their game, and Rhodesia spiraled towards full-blown civil war.

Guerrillas stepped up their attacks.

All changed in the 1990s, when the FARC guerrillas turned up.

Some of his classmates and friends became leftist guerrillas, taking up arms against the PRI government in a revolution that never went anywhere.

Less than a month later, the guerrillas rounded up all the men in Olathe, Kan .— soldiers and civilians — and put them in a corral.

About 12 years ago, Maoist guerrillas took up arms in an effort to overthrow the monarchy and change the nation's political and social life.

The numbers have swelled as the guerrillas stepped up attacks in revenge for the actions of the Angry Villagers, who have also killed F.D.L.R. family members, according to Congolese military officials and relief workers.