Word: overthrows
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...illegal demonstration; in Minsk. Milinkevich finished a distant second to President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus' disputed presidential elections in March, which triggered massive protests in the former Soviet republic. Milinkevich was arrested after leading a demonstration of about 6,000 on April 26 that called for the constitutional overthrow of the Russian-backed Lukashenko...
...meticulous way. Over the past few weeks, he has been holding up deployment papers at the last minute, demanding answers and explanations about which units are going where, why. He has been running similar drills for months on the generals and admirals, reworking the plans to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein. General Tommy Franks, the Army four-star who would run the war as head of U.S. Central Command, actually prepared the plan. But as a Pentagon officer points out, "That misses the point. Franks may be the draftsman, but Rumsfeld's the architect...
...matter came to bear.But, nevertheless, let’s unpack the accusation. Does the government of Saudi Arabia preach “reactionary Islam” and thus tie itself to “terrorism”? Setting aside the fact that al-Qaida is working to overthrow the Saudi government, let’s focus only on the charge that has been made. Indeed, the official form of Islam in Saudi Arabia, commonly referred to as Wahhabism, is undoubtedly “conservative” in that it rejects what it sees as changes introduced into Islam since...
...clarified her remarks. "First of all, I meant it figuratively, not literally. Let me let me be very clear about that. I wasn't sitting around counting," she said. ""The important thing is to get the big strategic decisions right, and that I am confident that the decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein and give the Iraqi people an opportunity for peace and for democracy is the right decision...
...halt the tribal carnage, 3,000 troops of a five- nation West African peacekeeping force began to fan out in besieged Monrovia (pop. 500,000). Doe and Johnson welcomed the troops, but Taylor, challenging their legitimacy, vowed to kill them all. If the fighting cannot be stopped, the attempted overthrow of Doe could threaten the stability of the whole West Africa region. Already, the intervention has ignited bitter controversy among Liberia's neighbors...