Sentence examples for operations to seize from inspiring English sources

It would also involve major operations to seize control of Ramadi, another contested Sunni Muslim city 30 miles away, and to shut Syrian border crossings to prevent foreign fighters from streaming into Iraq, Marine commanders here say.

He also provided support to British and White Russian units moving along the banks of the river in operations to seize ground lost to the Bolsheviks in the winter months.

But what is his motive in the operation to seize Western hostages?

He is in jail with Briton, Craig Michael, and two Lebanese fixers who carried out the operation to seize the children.

The Americans had their own plans for Karadžic and were at that time putting together an operation to seize him.

On May 23, 2006 police launched a massive overnight operation to seize 90% of Haw's placards on the grounds that he had breached these restrictions.

He described the operation to seize the ship as "another success against the relentless attempts to smuggle weapons to bolster terrorist elements threatening Israel's security".

One of the main rebel factions said yes; the other said no.In Congo-Brazzaville thousands of people fled the capital after an army operation to seize illegal weapons caused panic.

The court said that the two soldiers, both infantry sergeants, had taken part in an operation to seize an apartment building in Tel al-Hawa, a southern suburb of Gaza City, while under attack from Hamas fighters.

Without a full field operation to seize upon his recent rise in some polls, he visited a high school history class and a manufacturing plant, where he acknowledged, "Things could change very rapidly".

As details began to emerge of the operation to seize Mladic, questions were being asked about why the Serbian authorities, under intense international pressure, had taken so long to locate him.