armed

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Defense lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, an outsider from the port city of Barranquilla who uses fierce rhetoric when talking about illegal armed groups, has promised to trim the size of the government by 40%.

From The Wall Street Journal

Government forces would either have to expose themselves to withering attacks in an attempt to reclaim the territory or allow an ever-increasing area to come under dissident control and armed infiltration across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal

He is also close to the Cuban armed forces, which have broad economic interests, especially in the island’s tourism industry.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since the 1960s, the UK has built and maintained a fleet of submarines armed with American-built missiles under a technology-sharing agreement with the US, which are continually at sea.

From BBC

The yellow flag of the Iran-backed armed group was hanging on top of a pile of rubble in the northeastern town of Younine.

From BBC