Sentence examples for violent army from inspiring English sources

Ms. Li, 50, is the daughter of a former premier, Li Peng, whose résumé includes declaring martial law in Beijing and green-lighting the violent army crackdown on students and pro-democracy protesters around Tiananmen Square in 1989.

When Bashar al-Assad's father, Hafez, came to power through yet another violent army squabble leading to his coup of 1970, an alarming cult of the leader was systematically formed around him, modelled on Ceausescu.

He would also have faced several witnesses who prosecutors said would testify that Coke ran a small and violent army, known as the Shower Posse because of its tactic of showering its enemies with bullets, to control the smuggling of drugs through Jamaica.

Police in riot gear had ousted the occupiers the last time they tried to take over the space a few weeks back, and, since then, there has been a rancorous standoff between a Church that is supported by many fat cat one-percenters and OWS's volunteer non-violent army of outrage.

Should things turn violent, the army would probably have to step in.

Oddly, little space is given to the bloody turmoil in Karachi, perhaps the world's most violent metropolis.The army's destructive habit of meddling in Pakistani politics continues unabated.

Since mid-March, as suppression of the protests became increasingly violent, the army has purged officers and soldiers — including many hitherto loyal Sunni troops — to reduce the chance of a revolt.

And unless the Brotherhood declare the result a fraud and take to the streets en masse – it is not difficult to imagine how police provocation could turn such an event violent – the army can hardly adopt the techniques of massive repression so favoured in the past.

His bravado notwithstanding, the violent Islamist army operating out of these dusty alleyways, ready to lash out and quickly fade back, is deeply enmeshed in the fabric of life in this sprawling metropolis, succored by an uneasy mix of fear and sympathy among the millions of impoverished people here.

It's also hard to describe how "disorganised, unhinged, and violent" the army is, as a friend of mine put it.

@tom_d_.