Sentence examples for militants cause from inspiring English sources

Indeed, killing prominent leaders can motivate their followers to retaliate and increase sympathy for the militants' cause among civilians.

But converts appear to make up a striking number of the French citizens attracted to the militants' cause, and generate a huge amount of interest back home, as shown by the case of the British militant nicknamed "Jihadi John".

Last summer, several hundred soldiers surrendered to militants, causing intense concern among Pakistani military officials.

But even though the militants caused relatively little damage or loss of life on Monday, they did disrupt the country's biggest airport and an important provincial capital, despite years of Western military effort in Afghanistan.

According to a database of drone strikes maintained by the not-for-profit Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the only incident in Yemen on that date targeted AQAP militants, causing between six and nine civilian casualties, including six children wounded by shrapnel.

Hundreds of people have been killed by the strikes in Pakistan - civilians as well as militants, causing outrage.

Ground fighting between pro-government forces and Islamic militants caused nearly 40percentt of all the casualties.

The militants caused worldwide revulsion when they released a video in February of 21 Egyptian Christians being decapitated on a beach, followed by a similar video of the slaughter of 30 Ethiopian Christians two months later.

Further threats of violence by Islamic militants caused many Christians in Iraq to tone down Christmas celebrations, and attacks Thursday against 10 Christian targets left an elderly couple dead.

A MEND spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, called Ms. Alison-Madueke too "elitist" to empathize with the militant cause.

After his release, Mr. Azhar returned to Pakistan and became an outspoken champion of the militant cause, leading rallies in the port city of Karachi.