Nothing, however, has galvanized public anger like the killing of Mr. Sanaia.
The situation has not exactly galvanized public opinion, though it has drawn serious criticism from abroad.
"I believe the Enron scandal has galvanized public support," Mr. Meehan said today.
Mr. Belal's case was one of two cases of brutality that galvanized public anger shortly before the popular revolt that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
Even so, military officers acknowledged that recertification and retraining efforts, while helpful, were unlikely to prevent the type of assaults and violations of regulations that have so galvanized public attention.
Mr. Baloch, who received more than 30 stitches in his head, said he believed that the attack had galvanized public opinion against the group and that it would serve to turn people against it.
It is due in part to the efforts of a group of women's rights activists and in part to the specifics of her story, which has galvanized public sympathy in a way previously unseen in Syria.
Knight also said he was "never close" to resigning at any time during the seven-week investigation of his behavior that galvanized public opinion within Indiana and the nation.
It is an image of his youngest son, a lifeless child in a red shirt and dark shorts face down on a Turkish beach, that appears to have galvanized public attention to a crisis that has been building for years.
The issue of immunity for U.S. troops is among the most contentious in the Islamic world, where it has galvanized public opinion against the United States in the past.
Mr. McCartney's five sisters and fiancée have responded to that silence by waging an emotional campaign that has galvanized public opinion against the I.R.A., and led Mr. Adams to suspend seven party members suspected of involvement and to give their names to the police.
