Sentence examples for ordered a crackdown from inspiring English sources

In January the government ordered a crackdown.

But it has ordered a crackdown on merchants or producers who are "fixing prices".

But former Pakistani intelligence officials insisted that Mr. Musharraf had ordered a crackdown on all militants.

It ordered a crackdown across the Baghdad region, deploying thousands of Iraqi troops.

Following the 2005 elections, Meles ordered a crackdown on the opposition and passed legislation restricting the press and civil society.

In 2006 it brought São Paulo to a standstill after the government ordered a crackdown on its leaders.

In the interview, Mr. Assad denied ordering a crackdown.

Mr. Abdullah, who took office in October, has portrayed himself as a new broom sweeping through Malaysia, ordering a crackdown on red tape and corruption in business, the government and the police.

Ministers of the royalist government have been blamed for ordering a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in which 19 people were killed in April, before the king gave up the dictatorial powers he had seized 14 months earlier.

-- President Obama continued his drive for a health care overhaul on Wednesday, ordering a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, while in Washington, House leaders said they hoped to have a completed bill to present to rank and file members Thursday morning.

The Thai army has denied ordering a crackdown, saying instead it would organize migrant labor.