Sentence examples for policy to overthrow from inspiring English sources

Where was the policy to overthrow President Saddam Hussein?

It would probably rapidly become a policy to overthrow Mr Assad.

So potent was their call to remove Saddam, that in October 1998, amidst the heated debate of the midterm elections, Congress passed the "Iraq Liberation Act" that made it official U.S. policy to overthrow Saddam.

North Korea is eager to show that it wants to dismantle its nuclear arms program and would do so but for the unreasonable demands of the United States, which it accuses of having a "hostile policy" intended to overthrow its government.

General Powell seemed to express some skepticism on a policy of trying to overthrow Saddam Hussein, a policy favored more strongly by others in the Bush team.

In turn, Mr. de Villepin said he felt betrayed by Mr. Powell's assurances that the goal of American policy was not to overthrow Saddam Hussein but to disarm Iraq.

During the first years of Castro's rule, U.S. policy was to try to overthrow him by force, or to assassinate him.

He also took the opportunity to have a swing at Washington, saying that US foreign policy – in particular the decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein – had led to a rise in extremism in Iraq where "there had been none before".

As First Lady, she warmly supported the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, which made it the policy of the Unites States to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

In Greece's northern capital, Thessaloniki, about 15,000 took to the streets, Karayiannis said, adding: Greeks are becoming increasingly conscious of what is happening and it was especially noticeable that the main slogan today was 'the time has come to overthrow these policies," The political leadership of this country should not under-estimate that.

Critics also say the government's policy on Syria, which involves backing rebels fighting to overthrow the president, Bashar al-Assad, has contributed to instability.