(I was able to observe again and againpecially in North Africa-how commanders opposed his orders, which often seemed impossible to carry out, and were promptly replaced.)

Mr. Majrooh said more than 250 commanders and tribal leaders from southern Afghanistan oppose the interim government.

Together with Piar were other very senior military commanders also opposed to Bolívar's leadership.

The commanders could oppose the deployment of international security forces to their areas and gain support by playing on Afghan fears of foreign occupation.

The commander of the island fortress had already made an agreement with the French, and opposed the King's entrance.

Turkish military commanders, who traditionally support close ties with the United States, would probably oppose any effort to move the country closer to Iraq.

The RSI's military commander, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, who believed the war was already lost, opposed the plan.

According to senior police officials, the top commanders opposed doing away altogether with handcuffs for white-collar criminals.

Senior Turkish commanders opposed the forced resignation of Hasan İzzet due to his rejection of the plan.

Their uprising soon ended without shots being fired when the top commanders of the army opposed it and when support from key battalions in the capital failed to materialize.