"rebellion" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Saddam didn't put down the Shiite rebellion because they were Shiite but because it was an uprising.
- But using force to back the Shiite rebellion would only weaken Arab support for keeping U.N. inspectors and relief workers in Iraq.
- There is scant enthusiasm for intervening in support of the Kurdish and Shiite rebellions.
- During the Shiite rebellion of 1920, he said, British prisoners of war were kept there.
- The Government has been more successful in containing the Shiite rebellion in the south, the official added, though there are still pockets of resistance there.
- Saudi Arabia fears the effects of a potential Shiite rebellion.
- That was one reason the United States did not support a Shiite rebellion after the 1991 Persian Gulf war.
- While the American military stood on the sidelines, the Shiite rebellion was suppressed by Iraqi helicopters and ground forces.
- In the process, however, Mr. Bush is in serious danger of overplaying his hand and creating a broader Shiite rebellion.
- She was wrong; by 1920 Iraq was in the midst of a bloody Shiite rebellion against British rule.
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