Sentence examples for strong militia from inspiring English sources

The semi-official Tasnim news agency, associated to Iran's Revolutionary Guards IRGCC) Quds Force, claims the Asaeb al-Haq, a 40,000- strong militia group affiliated to Iraq's Popular Mobilization Force (PMF) with long-term relations with Iran, has several units currently besieging U.S. forces stationed in the Al Zahra airbase located northwest of Baghdad.

The French response to the impending British invasion was to mobilise the island's 10,000 strong militia.

Leading by example, Dostum has asked the government to fund a 20,000 strong militia that he insists will support the country's security.

However, General Haftar would have to face a strong and well-armed militia forces from Misrata along with the other strong militias in Tripoli, mainly under leaders such as Haitham Altajuri, Ghenew ِAlkikkli, Salah Badi, Mustafa Kara and others.

According to news reports, the Swat Taliban maintain a 100-strong militia that specializes in carrying out such attacks.

The firefights were the most intense since the American military started an operation here on Tuesday night to crush Mr. Sadr's thousands-strong militia, called the Mahdi Army.

The ineffectiveness of that policy became apparent when Mr. Sadr ignited the uprising in the south by calling on his thousands-strong militia, the Mahdi Army.

Though Shiite leaders, including Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, condemned the anti-Sunni violence today, none of them chastised the Mahdi Army, Mr. Sadr's thousands-strong militia.

A commander of the Front for the Liberation of the Greater West, a 10,000-strong militia allied with Mr. Gbagbo, declined to comment on the fighting or confirm the loss of Toulépleu.

It has its own courts, police and prisons as well as a 120,000-strong militia force which is the reason for its military-sounding names (though bingtuan towns look no more military than any others in China).

His incendiary words came as his aides have been saying he has been trying to disarm his thousands-strong militia, the Mahdi Army, and enter mainstream politics in advance of the January elections.