Sentence examples for potential sympathisers from inspiring English sources

Estimates of Boko Haram's size vary from 50 to several hundred, and it has a pool of potential sympathisers, especially in reaction to an allegedly brutal police crackdown.

They narrow the base of support for campaigns, sending potential sympathisers into the arms of the state, demanding a police crackdown.

The worry that something bigger may be in store has prompted moves not only against al-Qaeda, but against the group's potential sympathisers.

They are now several thousand strong, but have potential sympathisers among the millions who do without education, electricity and decent wages.

First, there is Isis's online fanclub: thousands of Isis supporters with no official role within the group who boost its brand by retweeting its hashtags, and translating its Arabic members' messages for potential sympathisers in the west.

However, there are concerns that the crackdown has been widened to root out all potential sympathisers of Gülen's movement, turning the investigation of coup plotters into an all-out witch hunt.

Instead, his in-your-face style and erratic, ever-shifting demands have alienated likely sympathisers.

Relatives, friends and even possible sympathisers of anyone labelled a traitor were brutally despatched.

It was a cardinal principle of both intelligence and military operations that the key to neutering the IRA was to undermine support for its message and methods among potential future sympathisers.

There are also a number of more traditional Labour-Conservative battlegrounds with large pools of potential Green sympathisers, particularly in the wealthier parts of London and along the south coast, including Battersea, Hendon, Brighton Kemptown and Hove.

But the fact is we do have refugees who come here as potential terrorists or sympathisers".