"This was a planned operation committed by a gang of desperadoes who were armed to the teeth, " he said.

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Despite a police escort - they are armed to the teeth - this is the end of the road.

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Mr Dossevi described the gunmen as hooded and "armed to the teeth".

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But one witness, who agreed to be identified only as Adam, said helicopters landed troops "armed to the teeth" in Tripoli's Green Square on Monday.

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There are men who lie in ambuscade along the frontier, armed to the teeth, and whose business it is to throw difficulties in the way of transporting merchandise from the one country to the other.

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