Reports suggest they were doing most of the fighting later on Monday after the poorly-equipped armed forces withdrew.

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American soldiers had a devilish time coping with improvised explosive devices and other relatively simple tactics employed by a poorly-equipped and under-resourced adversary.

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In 1995, a little-known officer backed by mercenaries led by French soldier of fortune Bob Denard took power in the Comoros after poorly-equipped government troops were defeated.

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However, this appears to have been contradicted by reports of sometimes poorly-equipped volunteers scrabbling through the rubble and the apparent starting of a fire by people trying to cut their way through the building.

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General Galtieri sent thousands of troops to bolster his initial force, but the army was mostly made up of poorly-trained, poorly-equipped conscripts, used to spreading fear among demonstrating students, but no match for British professionals.

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Poorly maintained and ill-equipped schools in South Carolina's "corridor of shame" were an issue during the Democratic primary as evidence that education reform had to be an imperative for the next president.

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As a novice biker, it took me time to adjust to the reality of such statistics and it was only after a couple of poorly equipped 25-mile rides that I realized it would be difficult to cut corners on cycling gear.

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In other parts of Mexico, where local police offices are short-staffed and poorly equipped to face threats from cartel members, the federal government has used the army and federal police to battle drug traffickers.

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