Sentence examples for starting the fighting from inspiring English sources

Each side blamed the other for starting the fighting.

In Freetown, Mr. Sankoh denied that his fighters were holding peacekeepers and faulted the United Nations for starting the fighting.

Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said the army in Bor had spotted former Vice President Riek Machar - the man the government accuses of starting the fighting in Africa's newest country - on the battlefield, but he had escaped by boat.

Kiir has blamed his long-term rival and former vice-president, Machar, whom he sacked in July, for starting the fighting in a bid to seize power.

Each side blamed the other for starting the fighting, and it was not immediately clear whether it was a result of poor communications or of rogue rebel elements.

"We had to beat them so they would confess," he said, listing their crimes: starting the fighting, bribing others to cause trouble or working to undo the democratic election that Morsi won five months ago.

But there was no question who had started the fighting.

He dismissed allegations that Georgia started the fighting.

Michael Meister said Cameron's nationalism was exactly the sort of talk which started the fighting.

The general, who rebelled after losing the election for governor of Jonglei last month, said the southern army started the fighting.

There were reports of gun battles between Qaddafi loyalists and former rebel fighters, though it was not clear who started the fighting.