The second big enemy mistake was al-Qaeda and Iraq's brutality toward its own allies.
Despite the vehemence of their language, Mr Houellebecq's characters usually stop short of outright brutality.
Thank you, Mr. President, for condemning this act of brutality and cowardice against President Rabbani.
We have heard their stories of rape and oppression, of robbery and looting and brutality.
This has led to the institutionalization of both terror and brutality as state tactics.
News of the brutality of the killings had shocked those who attended the funeral service.
Historically, law enforcement has been used to control African-American communities through brutality and racial profiling.
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He was deported from Rome to Sardinia to a prison known for its brutality.
But the truth is that brutality continues, behind prison walls, occasionally glimpsed on the streets.
The result takes itself much too seriously, with acts of brutality outnumbering the gags.
Now, they are "stepping up the brutality" by firing tear gas and live ammunition, she said.
There is no cut-and-dried separation of Shariah brutality from the tidy, white-collar world of financial transactions.
Mugabe, in turn, used intimidation and brutality to quell any challenges to his rule.
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But amid the incomprehensible brutality, the people in this corner of Aleppo find a gift.
At the same time, warmongering newspapermen were publicizing the Spanish regime's brutality toward Cubans.
Kakas said onlookers were shocked by the brutality but were powerless to stop the mob.
The color scheme is predominantly black on black, the tone one of chic brutality.
Many who did hear accounts of Khmer Rouge brutality found them hard to believe.
It's a reflection of the "overarching desire" to bear witness to the regime's brutality.
The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.
Came with all its brutality and horror and mistakes, most notably in the occupation.
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Mostly, however, the longing for independence has been nurtured by the brutality of Indonesian rule.
Decades of military brutality have left two provinces, Aceh and Irian Jaya, clamouring for independence.
For critics of the army this was a typical tale of its indiscipline, brutality and impunity.
Regardless of what democracy brings anarchy, brutality or tyranny they all dutifully applaud it.
Though Moussavi supporters on social networking sites have accused police of brutality, Tehran police Chief Maj.
And obviously we are all horrified by the loss of life and the brutality of the conflict.
Yet for all its quirks, Mr Tuschi's film conveys the venal brutality that underpins Mr Putin's rule.
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But this line is hard to square with Ms Kadeer's descriptions of Chinese brutality, mendacity and pettiness.
They found us unreliable in the past in the face of the relentless brutality of Saddam Hussein.
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