Sentence examples for soldiers position from inspiring English sources

Though it was just a few blocks from the Iraqi soldiers' position, the opening was undefended.

Here, in "Burma", the mules are remembered as having had their vocal cords cut to prevent them from braying and giving away the soldiers' position.

After a long wait, a Hellfire missile soared over the soldiers' position and slammed into the building, demolishing a wall on the top floor and setting it aflame.

Out on the rubble-strewn streets, which are perfumed by the garbage that clogs the city's open sewers, the military presence is less conspicuous than in the past — security-sector reform has been a priority for Condé — but at night insouciant young soldiers position themselves at intersections, holding submachine guns; they lean into passing cars and come away with cash.

The shooting was over by the time Jackson reached the soldiers' position, but he recalls seeing several bodies in the back of an Army vehicle.

Soldiers position themselves scattered about the nest, or they may patrol the nest surface antennating or attacking.

American soldiers positioned nearby as guards for the force, known as "guardian angels," responded, shooting and killing Din Muhammad.

Part pep talk, part history lesson, the statement came as soldiers positioned their few antiaircraft weapons around Kabul, the capital, presuming an imminent attack.

With soldiers positioned just outside the zone, guerrilla commanders at the last minute agreed to embark on the cease-fire talks that Mr. Pastrana had long sought.

When the crowds reached the cemetery and began waving their flags, soldiers positioned on high ground overlooking the funeral opened fire, injuring three youths.

"At a given moment," says the draft of a new report from the United Nations, "a whistle sounded and the soldiers positioned all around the camp opened fire on the refugees.