armed force

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“You have to submit to the rules they set, like it or not,” said Jose Pinto, an activist and former member of a now-defunct armed force that opposed the ELN.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Revised wording no longer explicitly invokes Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows the Security Council to authorize armed force to restore peace.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Its armed force, at least until the recent hostilities, was viewed as more capable than the Lebanese army, with an arsenal of rockets, missiles and drones.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

It has a significant presence in both the Lebanese parliament and government, and controls the most powerful armed force in the country.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

The more accurate term for Smith’s armed force was militia.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz