Sentence examples for army power from inspiring English sources

I see the enshrinement of more army power.

Sharmila has one simple demand – remove AFSPA, as it gives the army power without accountability.

Riot police in helmets and body armor dragged kicking, flailing protesters from the pavement of Crumlin Road, next to a traditional Irish Republican Army power base called Ardoyne.

Critics of the Thai junta, which took over from a civilian government, juxtapose Myanmar's recent democratic gains against Thailand's return to army power.

The political opposition includes victims of army power, like Evans Paul, a former mayor of Port-au-Prince, and once Mr. Aristide's campaign manager, who was arrested and tortured by Haitian military officers in 1989.

In 1966, for example, the loser of one army power struggle, a Druze, complained the Alawites were taking over, noting, "the sectarian spirit is spread in a shameful way in Syria, particularly in the army, in the appointment of officers and even recruits".

He has no political party of his own, and the clutch of regime-sponsored parties that dominate parliament, and indeed form the government coalition, are very much in the hands of the army power-brokers.Mr Bouteflika's problems with the army became apparent last autumn when it took him eight months to form his first government.

Thus challenged, the army might even cede power gracefully.

Before new elections were held, the army seized power.

The Egyptian revolution is over, the army wields power and the new government is in disarray.

The army seized power last September ostensibly to save democracy from Thaksin Shinawatra, an elected strongman.