Sentence examples for security setback from inspiring English sources

"The security setback that has beset Iraq must be brought to a stop, and security and stability have to be regained all over Iraq, so that it can head down the path in the right way toward the future," he said, according to Reuters.

"The security setback that has beset Iraq must be brought to a stop, and security and stability have to be regained all over Iraq, so that it can head down the path in the right way toward the future," he said, Reuters reported.

When their early predictions proved illusory, military officials blamed unexpected security setbacks, like the February 2006 Samarra mosque bombing that set off a wave of sectarian violence, or the shortcomings of Iraq's ministries and its high command.

The dramatic initiative by the core leaders of the former Iraqi opposition to Mr. Hussein follows a month of increasing violence and security setbacks for American forces that have created a perception that the American security plan for postwar Iraq is failing.

Another division, Giuliani Safety and Security, suffered a setback in 2004 with the unexpected departure of Bernard B. Kerik, who faced ethical and legal problems after his withdrawal from consideration to be President Bush's secretary of homeland security.

US officials confirmed Washington had evacuated its remaining personnel from Yemen, including about 100 special operations forces, because of deteriorating security, marking a further setback in US efforts against a powerful local al-Qaida branch.

The temporary suspension of expulsions after Russia raised "security concerns" is a setback to Oslo's attempts to plug the gap in its Arctic border and implement a strict clampdown on asylum.

A push by New York City's public hospital system to save tens of millions of dollars by replacing its nearly 850-member police force with private security guards encountered a setback recently when the city discovered that the winning bidder failed to tell the Health and Hospitals Corporation about a series of sexual harassment complaints against it.

"You have a president who has done more to setback U.S. security in the Middle East than anyone in our memory, and he has become the smearer-in-chief.

What happened today could be a setback for the security forces," he said, using an Arabic acronym for Isis.

It would be a major setback for global security if the US reverts to the nuclear belligerence of former times.