(b) The Popular Defence Forces (PDF) are paramilitary forces that are mobilized when there is a threat to the national security.

The Unión Patriótica, a party created in the 1980 s as a vehicle for political participation by rebels, dissolved following the extermination of 1,500 of its members at the hands of unknown paramilitary forces.

Various paramilitary groups supported each of the ethno national causes.

The ADF takes IHL principles into account when planning military operations.

Cases were reported of women in Cúcuta who, after having been forced to have sexual relations with paramilitaries, were declared a military objective by the guerrillas.

Bin Qumu has a small paramilitary force training in the Bou Musafir forest on the outskirts of Derna.

The Rijkswacht (Dutch) or Gendarmerie (French) was the former paramilitary police force of Belgium.

The participants wore semi military uniforms, and a significant number allegedly had criminal convictions.

Russia s armed forces are able to project little in the way of usable military might.

Several bloggers have published a video film where Egypt's security forces beating brutally a female protester.

Suharto came to power in 1966, establishing a quasi military dictatorship and encouraging Indonesians to enrich themselves.

Instead it has a paramilitary body called the Vanuatu Mobile Force mandated to protect the country from external threats.

The European Union s crisis management missions face similar issues when military forces are involved. EU civilian crisis management is funded directly from the Common Foreign and Security Policy budget.

Security requires not just troops, but laws and their enforcement.

Human rights violations elicit an international outcry and condemnation, followed by intervention and occupation by foreign military forces.

In February 1977, Libya started delivering military supplies to Goukouni Oueddei and the People's Armed Forces in Chad.

9 June Riots spread On the morning of 9 June, five army battalions arrived to reinforce the existing security forces.

The team was also concerned that Syrian military forces rather than border guards were occupying a position close to the border.

In the progress of the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the main cities and administrative centers fell in the hands of Muslim troops.

The instruments that China uses are diverse, including a new class of stealth warriors reared by paramilitary maritime agencies.

As it stands, Assad s regime possesses an overwhelming military advantage, with an air force, tanks, missiles, and chemical and biological weapons.

Over the past week, Israeli occupying forces have conducted over 23 military incursions into the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Child soldiers still linger in paramilitary groups, and there are compromising video recordings of leading Colombian politicians and drug lords.

c) presence of foreign military contingents on the territories of the Member States, if release of this information is permitted by the country deploying such a contingent.

Efforts to develop professional and reliable police and military forces will require the payment of benefits that the Government cannot yet afford.

Being a landlocked country, Switzerland has no navy however, on lakes bordering neighbouring countries, armed military patrol boats are used.

The Afghan national army continues to conduct joint military operations with coalition forces against members of Al Qaida and the Taliban in the south and south east of the country.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are now as high as at any time in decades, and China is engaged in a massive military build up.

So on the eve of war, there was very little trust left in any foreign power be it socialist internationalism, German military, or help from the western European countries.

At the end of 2008, The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) made an historic announcement to launch 10,000 blogs in support of the paramilitary Basij forces.

Operation Market Garden (17 25 September 1944) was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War.

It is no secret that the Saudi government has always shown full support for the Bahraini regime and sent the Peninsula Shield forces to crush the popular uprising in 2011.

The Indian army, navy, and air force still conduct more exercises with US defense forces than with those of any other power.

The US is reducing defense spending and drawing down its ground forces in Afghanistan, and will likely avoid substantial commitments of military forces in Africa.

In connection with the increasing demand for peacekeeping operations, Malaysia urged those countries that had well equipped military forces to take a more active part in the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations.

But I think when you guys start buying tickets and flying sub orbital flights to space, very soon wait a minute, what's happening here, we'll have military fighters with sub orbital capability, and I think very soon this.

In addition, Japan spends 40 billion annually on defense, and has one of the top five military forces in the world.

Lending to governments against the collateral of a port or railroad or the use of military force to secure repayment was not unknown.

As to the States which sent military forces to Korea , the question whether the Korean war had any effect on their treaties needs a closer examination.

The security forces took action against the paramilitary groups, but on a smaller scale compared to the actions taken against the FARC EP.

The Security Forces launched attacks against the paramilitary groups, but on a smaller scale than those against the FARC EP.

Finally, governments should consider contributing troops to help establish order, train the Iraqi police and military, and help Iraq guard its borders.

Actually, Germany, like most European countries, is politically and logistically unable to send meaningful military forces to Iraq.

The Commonwealth Government has never been required by the Constitution or legislation to seek parliamentary approval for decisions to deploy military forces overseas or go to war.

Accordingly, the Panel found that losses or expenses incurred in connection with mines and ordnance were compensable regardless of whether they resulted from military operations by Iraq or the Allied Coalition Forces.