armed forces

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Sweden on Wednesday pledged to send armed forces to Greenland at Denmark's request.

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Last week, British armed forces supported the seizure of the Marinera which was stopped by the US Coast Guard as it travelled northwards through waters between Iceland and Scotland.

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The armed forces minister and former Royal Marine Al Carns said the safety of service personnel was "paramount", as was providing safe, reliable and effective equipment.

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He might have survived huge demonstrations had not the armed forces decided that to save their own position he had to go.

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The ship, previously known as Bella 1, was boarded while south of Iceland in an operation supported by British armed forces.

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