The strategy of making sweeping arrests of low-level drug dealers was described by Mr. Giuliani shortly after he was elected.

The New York Times stated that their action was to protest the "sweeping arrests of dozens of generals" as a part of a conspiracy investigation.

Contrast the orderliness of this ongoing transition with the purges, palace intrigue and sweeping arrests surrounding the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.

In 2002, Spanish authorities were successful in hampering the organization's activities through sweeping arrests, including some of the group's leadership.

After the Taba attacks, the government made sweeping arrests throughout the area, saying local Bedouins were involved.

In the first months after Sept. 11, immigrant advocates and civil rights groups were largely hesitant about criticizing the government's sweeping arrests and detention of Muslim men.

Israel has also carried out sweeping arrests in the West Bank aimed at Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Earlier this month, the Indian government granted sweeping arrest and interrogation powers to security forces in four districts in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The ISU performed sweeping arrests within a specific boundary from the summit venue.

In 1939 and in 1942 there were sweeping arrests of former members of the National Spiritual Assembly.