dictator
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The U.S. cooperated with Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who offered military bases during the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan dictator, agreed in 2004 to turn over his nuclear-bomb-making material, Phoenix Air was sent to Tripoli to retrieve it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Hitler was a relatively rare name in Germany even before the dictator came to fame.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
In Iraq, after a U.S. invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, sectarian leaders stepped into the vacuum.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
But when Napoleon overturned the French Republic and declared himself omnipotent military dictator, again just as Adams had predicted would happen, Jefferson quickly shifted his position to accommodate the new reality.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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