However, brutal German rule in the occupied territories eventually turned its supporters against the occupation.
In their view, it finally closed the book on 20 years of sometimes brutal military rule and opened the door to Panama's reconstruction.
About 200,000 people died during the separatist insurgency and brutal Indonesian rule that followed.
Some escaped Saddam Hussein's brutal rule more recently by slipping over the borders.
The occupation is recalled by Dominicans as a period of brutal military rule, though the reality is more complex.
"After decades of brutal rule by a terror regime, the Iraqi people have their country back."
He grows up under the brutal rule of the Danteri, who occupied his world.
The Cardassians' brutal rule was only one burden laid across their shoulders.
Death by means of a brutal and illegal rule.
For sure, the end of brutal military rule represents progress.
