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n. A political euphemism for an army.
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Security Forces is an umbrella term frequently used to describe statutory organisations with military, paramilitary, or internal security mandates. In the legal context of several nations, the term has variously denoted police and military units working in concert, or the predominant role of non-conventional agencies (such as gendarmerie) in the external and internal provision of public security.
Examples of formally designated security forces include:
- Afghan National Security Forces
- Central Industrial Security Force of India
- Central Security Forces of Egypt
- Federal Security Force of Pakistan
- Israeli security forces
- Internal Security Forces of Lebanon
- Iraqi Security Forces
- Irish Security Forces
- Kosovo Security Force
- Macau Security Force
- Palestinian National Security Forces
- Public Security Forces of Bahrain
- Puntland Security Force
- Rhodesian Security Forces
- Security Forces Command of Northern Cyprus
- Sri Lanka Civil Security Force
- United States Air Force Security Forces
- United States Marine Corp Security Force
Usage examples of "security forces".
Food resources currently earmarked for feeding traitors must be reallocated to support a new division of federal troops, which is being assembled as we speak, under the command of General Milo Akbarr, Commandant of Internal Security Forces.
The biggest problem with a coup, however, is a catch-22: especially because of the size of Saddam's security forces, a coup will require a large number of people to have any chance of success, but the more people who are involved, the more likely it will be betrayed to the Mukhabbarat.
We are in contact with the remnants of part of the Incirlik security forces.
In fact, the commanding officer of those security forces has linked up with some Turkish partisans there.
Besides, when David first came to Virimonde, he'd taken the precaution of salting the Standing's Security forces with men specifically loyal to him.
Every nation in the world had police or security forces trained in this, and the methods were the same everywhere because human nature was the same everywhere, whether your target was a drug dealer or a spook.
It took me a long time to convince all the various elements of my sincerity, but my connections with the Empress' own security forces made me an invaluable ally.
But unlike the rest of you, I had a feeling our security forces weren't up to stopping or even slowing down a living legend, if he did get wind of our operation.
Burroughs was filled with groups of these security forces, it seemed, and they had taken over Branch Mesa and Double Decker Butte for their residential quarters.
The news was being released now to encourage security forces beleaguered by rioting and terrorism, according to the UN press release.
But second of all, none of this so-called 'silent majority' is going to lift a finger to take on all these security forces.
The raiders and the internal security forces are controlled by the priesthood, but the priests in charge of them are almost a separate sect.
But between the police, the militia, and the security forces, Kirov had more than eight thousand men scouring the city, all searching for a single face.