The phrase "against the commander of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing actions, sentiments, or positions that oppose or challenge a commander or leader, often in a military or organizational setting.
Example: "The soldiers rallied against the commander of the battalion, demanding better conditions and leadership."
Alternatives: "in opposition to the commander of" or "counter to the commander of".
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A few days before the Supreme Court issued its final verdict against Lula, the commander of the Army issued blustering public statements about how it was necessary for "an end to impunity," making it clear that he wanted to see Lula in jail.
The sooner he begins to make them, the sooner he can begin to alter the dynamics of the internal Russian debate on missile defense -- and the sooner he can enlist Mr. Putin against the commanders of the strategic rocket forces, who like the balance of terror just fine.
Pirates operating off the coast of Somalia have begun to use aggressive new tactics including torture against captives, according to the commander of the European Union naval force.
In one case there, after jihadists fighting under the black banner of the Prophet Muhammad staged significant attacks against Syrian government targets, the commander of one local rebel military council recently invited them to join.
When the Germans released him, he went to The Hague but returned to France in 1873 to testify forcefully against Marshal Achille-François Bazaine, the commander of the main French armies in the war, in Bazaine's court-martial for treason.
Major-General Hopkinson had persuaded General Bernard Law Montgomery, commander of the Eighth Army, to include the 1st Airborne Division in the invasion of Sicily, against the wishes of both the commander of British Airborne Forces, General Frederick Browning and the commander of the Glider Pilot Regiment Lieutenant-Colonel Chatterton.
It became a top story in the United States this week after protests against Mr. Jones in Afghanistan and after the commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. David H. Petraeus, warned that the Koran burning could endanger troops.
A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack against the principal victim, Safwat Ghayur, the commander of Pakistan's Frontier Constabulary, a force controlled by the Interior Ministry that has carried out campaigns against militants in Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal areas.
