There is also a danger of bloody reprisals against suspected former Taliban supporters.

The general feeling was that bloody reprisals would occur if the six escaped rebel leaders were not returned to Argentina.

He bombarded the city and engaged in bloody reprisals.

In the last half century, regime change in Iraq has been accompanied by bloody reprisals.

The more vulnerable communities on the lower plains paid a high price for these in the form of swift bloody reprisals.

He responds with bloody reprisals, in which, along with the guilty, many who may be innocent are killed.

In Mexico the offenses against common sense were unbelievable, and so were the bloody reprisals.

Given the regime's bloody reprisals against critics, this may not seem a realistic option to those seeking asylum.

Those bloody reprisals have so far killed hundreds of people.

This event triggered bloody reprisals against the natives which cost the lives of about 5,000 Aleuts.