armed forces

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A private jet carrying the head of Libya's armed forces requested emergency landing because of electrical failure before it crashed Tuesday, a senior Turkish official said.

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The head of Libya's armed forces and four other passengers died on Tuesday when their business jet crashed shortly after taking off from Ankara, officials in Turkey's capital and Tripoli said.

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Sodais said he was confronted by his local mullah, or Muslim clergy leader, in 2015 for working with Western armed forces.

From Los Angeles Times

Under Myanmar's current constitution, 25 percent of parliamentary seats are reserved for the armed forces.

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Aung San's wartime comrade Ne Win, who had taken the helm of the armed forces after the leader's assassination in murky circumstances, swooped in in a putsch he justified as protection against Myanmar's disintegration.

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