Sentence examples for strikes to kill from inspiring English sources

The United States has used the strikes to kill militants, including those who use Pakistan as a base to attack NATO troops in Afghanistan.

The C.I.A. plans to carry out armed drone missions against Qaeda operatives in Yemen, and the military has conducted drone strikes to kill insurgents in Somalia.

When Hellfire missiles were first used in drone strikes to kill outside a combat zone — in Yemen, in 2002 — six men died, including an American.

On three specific occasions in 1998-1999, intelligence was deemed credible enough to warrant planning for possible strikes to kill Bin Ladin.

The 19-page opinion by Judge Merrick B. Garland rejected an effort by the Obama administration to keep secret any aspect of the C.I.A.'s interest in the use of drone strikes to kill terrorism suspects abroad.

This could be a nod, in general, to the concern that drone strikes might be having a radicalizing effect in countries like Pakistan and Yemen, where the C.I.A. has most often used drone strikes to kill suspected militants.

Beijing had considered using a drone strike to kill Mr Kham, but instead he was captured in Laos and brought to China in May to stand trial.

The decision to launch a military strike to kill a British national, Reyaad Khan, was made in the spring by the National Security Council.

Last month, a Chinese public security official told a newspaper that Beijing had considered using a drone strike to kill Mr. Naw Kham but later decided to capture him alive.

At this moment, the President orders Jackson to dispatch a military strike to kill Klaatu instead.

In some cases, human rights groups have found that strikes intending to kill specific terrorist leaders killed many more people.