Sentence examples for turnover of weapons from inspiring English sources
Although a turnover of weapons had been scheduled for 8 a.m., the morning began in confusion as mujahedeen fighters, at first resting on the hillsides, began racing up and down the dirt tracks in pickup trucks stuffed with weapons.
Mr. Trimble's party is divided over disarmament, with a substantial minority demanding that there be an actual turnover of weapons before members agree to sit in the government with Sinn Fein members.
And he kept alive the threat of US military action, saying the turnover of weapons must be complete, verifiable and timely - "and finally, there ought to consequences if it doesn't take place".
Such statements from Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Fein education minister and a figure loathed by most Unionists for the active role he once played in the I.R.A., reflects a shift in the attitudes of Republicans who have previously viewed any turnover of weapons as surrender to Britain.
Khaled Hussein Alyemany, Yemen's ambassador to the UN, told VICE News that the government was willing to discuss the terms of withdrawal and turnover of weapons — many of which were accumulated during Saleh's long rule — but had no control over sanctions.
The implied timing of the reciprocal moves was Jan . 31 the date by which General de Chastelain had to make a report on the progress of weapons turnovers.
The peace talk sponsors and participants have for years repeatedly wrapped the vexing issue of weapons turnovers in ambiguous language or parked it on the sidelines with independent international commissions.
They have a lot of weapons.
Of weapons they have almost too many.
