Successive defence secretaries, notably Philip Hammond, now at the Foreign Office, have imposed a clampdown on the top brass, latterly as a result of bickering between the heads of the armed forces in the runup to the strategic defence and security review in 2010, and during the attacks on Libya a year later.
Even before Israel imposed the latest clampdown, the Palestinian Authority (PA) was estimating losses of about $10m a day since the violence erupted on September 28th.
Germans so universally condemned the loss of life after Erfurt and Winnenden that there was nary any protest when lawmakers unceremoniously imposed a draconian clampdown on guns in the wake of the shooting rampages that left 31 victims dead.
As the authorities imposed a pre-Olympic clampdown on everything from Beijing bars to the street behaviour of the inhabitants of the capital, the last few months have seen, if anything, a toughening up of action against dissidents, ethnic minorities and those who are seen as threatening the established order.
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior on Thursday granted Royal Dutch Shell conditional approval of its plan to begin drilling exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean next summer, a strong sign that the Obama administration is easing a regulatory clampdown on offshore oil drilling that it imposed after last year's deadly accident in the Gulf of Mexico.
One high-profile victim of the clampdown was DC10, which had a one-year ban imposed at the end of 2008.
Public criticism of the army grew.Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, dismissed the southern provincial government of Sindh and imposed federal rule to crack down on violence.See article: Clampdown in Karachi.
Unveiling his plan to clampdown on rogue bankers, Carney referred to the $150bn worth of fines that have been imposed on major global banks since 2008.
The EU's arms embargo on China was imposed, like America's, in 1989 in protest at the regime's post-Tiananmen clampdown.
However, when Tower Hamlets council imposed stringent security measures on the venue – including ID scans, security teams, extensive CCTV and a clampdown on one-off licence extensions for special events – the Vibe Bar experienced a 30percentt drop in profits and Alan was forced to close.
