Sentence examples for had attacked forces from inspiring English sources

In the northeastern Damascus suburbs of Harasta and Irbin, activists said, army helicopters and artillery fired on defectors who had attacked forces there.

The attack on Sergeant Hissong's company, on March 1 at Combat Outpost Sangesar, left two Americans dead along with two Afghan assailants, but it was not the first time that Afghan solders had attacked forces from the American-led coalitionornor would it be the last of what the military calls "green on blue" attacks.

Mr. Bugaighis said he believed that in that instance NATO warplanes had attacked the forces.

American military spokesmen have said that all those killed were militants who had attacked American forces, and that none of the dead were civilians.

The United States military said the airstrikes had been carried out in self-defense against militants who had attacked American forces in Afghanistan and then fled into Pakistan.

Within six months, an international coalition of thirty-two nations, led by the United States, had attacked Iraqi forces and driven them out.

Investigations suggested protesters, fired on during a funeral, had attacked security forces, but that some soldiers may also have been killed when they refused to shoot demonstrators.

The government of President Bashar Assad denied any involvement in an assault and said "terrorists" had attacked its forces.

Saudi authorities were correct in saying that the neighborhood in Awamiya being demolished, Mosawara, had health and safety issues, and that Shiites there had attacked government forces, Coogle said.

The government has claimed that armed groups it called terrorists had attacked its security forces, possibly after donning military uniforms and infiltrating military ranks.

The Oz had attacked the defence force's cultural change program and targeted the navy's adviser on Islamic affairs.