Skepticism over European efforts to neutralize a government debt crisis sent financial markets on a wild ride in the past month as investors fretted over increasingly gloomy scenarios.
Not only was the F.B.I. spying on these groups, they were also running all sorts of "dirty tricks" operations, including sending death threats and blackmail warnings in an effort to neutralize any group J. Edgar Hoover didn't approve of.
Some activists and analysts said they saw the announcement as an effort to neutralize plans for a demonstration scheduled for Friday, in large part to press the interim military government for greater accountability.
American and allied officials have talked vaguely of having developed "contingency plans" in case they decided to intervene in an effort to neutralize the chemical weapons, a task that the Pentagon estimates would require upward of 75,000 troops.
Over the weekend, the activity in Syria prompted a series of emergency communications among the Western allies, who have long been developing contingency plans in case they decided to intervene in an effort to neutralize the chemical weapons, a task that the Pentagon estimates would require upward of 75,000 troops.
His 2009 video was seen as a groundbreaking, positive message to Iran, part of an effort to neutralize the antagonism between the countries and move negotiations forward on a more constructive footing.
Already Chinese officials have viewed Mr. Bush's proposal for a missile shield as an effort to neutralize Beijing's comparatively small nuclear arsenal.
CAIRO — In recent weeks, security officials have unleashed an epidemic of arrests across Iran in an effort to neutralize the political opposition, silence critical voices and head off widespread protests when the nation observes the anniversary of the revolution on Thursday, Iran analysts inside and outside the country said.
The hiring of Mr. Eckert, Mr. Black said, "appears to be part of an effort to neutralize people".
He said the fabrication and leak of the report were part of an effort to "neutralize the Honduran national police, which is not in favor of the government".
