military leader

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As a senior U.S. military leader in the Middle East in recent years, Adm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful military leader since the 1979 revolution and the architect of its shadowy expeditions around the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

And the US invaded Panama in 1989, and arrested the military leader Manuel Noriega.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

"He was not just a military leader, but also a symbol who shouldered the responsibility of unifying the institution of the military, and who worked towards a national reconciliation," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

About the time that Arcadio was named civil and military leader they had a daughter.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez