Sentence examples for ranking commander from inspiring English sources

The Taliban's second-highest ranking commander is playing down reports of proposed negotiations between members of his group and the Afghan government.

"They wanted to test us, to see if Cambodian troops are easy to intimidate," said Col. Meas Yoeun, 48, a ranking commander in Preah Vihear Province.

Maybe they were ringleaders, more candidates for the designation of third or fifth or twenty-second highest ranking commander in their village, province, or country; or maybe they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

In another bedroom of the house, I found the ranking commander for the area, a Kurd, sitting on a box spring beneath a shattered window that overlooked the hospital.

Muhammad Zaman, defense minister for the Jalalabad region and the ranking commander who had been negotiating with Al Qaeda, barreled down the road, promising a briefing, but drove past and, some fighters said later, met with the American commandos in a nearby schoolhouse.

Captain Sindone was a deputy inspector when he was arrested last May, making him one of the highest ranking commanders ever charged with drug-related corruption.

"We are not fighting to bring Mullah Omar back or for any individual," said a mid-ranking commander from Dand, in Kandahar province.

Addressing Mr. Cerkez today, the judges said his position was different from Mr. Kordic's because he had been a soldier and a middle-ranking commander.

Three, in fact, have ascended ranks: Commander Francis Valadez, Lieutenant Luke Kelly and Sergeant Daniel McDonald.

He got into a spat with one of the defence lawyers who was his junior in rank, Commander Walter Ruiz.

Today in London, the French ambassador will present the order's senior rank, commander of the legion of honour, to an Englishman.