It was also a time of international tension and internal uprisings that came close to civil war.

The focus of republican governments was to equip the army for the fight against internal uprisings, which faced difficulties in the new regime's early years.

His politico-military power was not weakened, since he suppressed internal uprisings after the war.

Until now, Pentagon officials have insisted that any strategy to promote an internal uprising against Mr. Hussein would likely fail.

Some think this suggests that the burning was from an internal uprising.

The United States plans to invade the country, after staging an internal uprising as a provocation to intervene.

An internal uprising started inside the army on September 18, when the azules, led by General Onganía defied the central authority.

The last months of Sadat's presidency were marked by internal uprising.

I meant only that we should congratulate ourselves that in two hundred years we have had only one such internal uprising.

Mr. Yeltsin has asked European leaders to overlook the violation as a temporary and necessary response to an internal uprising.