The assault on the army base was not foreseen, even though, guarded by poorly armed civilians, it was a soft target.

尽管这个军事基地是由武装薄弱的平民担任，但是袭击事件还是出人意料，毕竟这个袭击目标太过容易了。

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So how can an armed force conduct offensive operations without recourse to assault?

那么一支武装力量如何在不依靠进攻的情况下进行防守？

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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says armed with assault rifles and heavy machine guns raided an oil facility jointly operated by Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron in Rivers state.

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Chesimard and Squire were tried and convicted of the murder, and were serving time in 1979 when Chesimard escaped from prison "with help from a coalition of radical, domestic terror groups who took two guards hostage during an armed assault at the facility where she was being lodged, " the FBI statement said.

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Police wanted to speak to him over her murder and he was also wanted in connection with three armed robberies and a racially aggravated assault, all of which were committed in a 12-hour period three weeks before Mrs Bates was killed.

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Under the terms of the Oslo peace accords the Palestinian security forces are armed only with small arms - Kalashnikov assault rifles and M16s.

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