Sentence examples for the general led from inspiring English sources

The general led the controversial US military assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004.

But in the most tumultuous week in this country's history, a broad-based uprising against the general led to his downfall on Wednesday.

The general led troops into combat personally, suffered serious wounds and was known to declare: "If we die, we die together.

Initially wary, American officers became fans, as the general led bold attacks on insurgent redoubts over the winter and pressured low-level Taliban commanders to switch sides.

But the general led teams against armed Albanians during the Kosovo war, and a number of human rights groups have charged that those Serbian teams committed atrocities against civilians.

The defence will also attempt to refute the prosecution's claim that the general led a targeted campaign to ethnically cleanse parts of Bosnia of non-Serbs and make them part of a greater Serbia.

The general leads the Baghdad Operations Command, which reports directly to Mr. Maliki.

The General leads the Iraq war in the style of a corporate chief executive, one influenced by the recent managerial preference for "flatness," or horizontal forms of communication.

The generals, led by General Jorge Videla, proclaimed themselves anti-communists at a time when western governments were sending their experts to perfect terrorism and torture in Latin America under the pompous and misleading name of the "national security doctrine".

And in the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi, the generals, led by General Kayani, watched and waited.

Once again Carnot, at the side of the generals, led the attack and entered the recaptured town alongside them.