For example, a brigadier general who spoke on condition of anonymity said Pashtun Taliban fighters are waging a legitimate battle against a government in Kabul where Pashtuns are marginalized.
Prosecutors quickly said they would appeal, but the government's last hope of convicting even one high military officer (Basson was a brigadier) for crimes committed during the South African Army's long, dirty war against its own people in the years before democracy now seems lost.
The Helnan Phønix Hotel is the largest, occupying what was originally built as a lavish private residence in 1783 for a Danish brigadier.
Hartwell recovered, and he was brevetted a brigadier general for gallantry on the field.
SAN FRANCISCO — During her 18 years in the Senate, Barbara Boxer has earned a reputation for being unafraid to confront colleagues, conservatives or even the United States Army Corps of Engineers, as she did last year when she chided a brigadier general for calling her "ma'am" during testimony instead of "Senator".
The Army made no announcement withdrawing his name, but on Friday the Army's chief of staff, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, appointed another two-star general to take over the position, which has been filled temporarily by a brigadier general for nearly eight months.
Gage, who had been brevetted a brigadier general for the 1758 campaign, received in 1759 a full promotion to the position, largely through the political manoeuvring of his brother, Lord Gage.
After 27 years of active duty, he retired as a colonel in 1967, and soon started as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Alaska Air National Guard, retiring as a brigadier general in 1971.
St. Leger, who was brevetted a brigadier general for the expedition, assembled a diverse force consisting of British regulars from the 8th and 34th Regiments, a number of artillerymen, 80 jäger from Hesse-Hanau, 350 Loyalists from the King's Royal Regiment of New York, a company of Butler's Rangers, and about 100 Canadien laborers.
She started calling all her contacts and eventually reached a brigadier who was responsible for Egypt's International Cooperation Section and the Interior Ministry.
