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Senator Ted Kennedy in the United States led Causation a congressional campaign for an end to Pakistani military persecution ; while U.S. diplomats in East Pakistan strongly dissented Judgment_communication with the Nixon administration 's close ties to the Pakistani military dictator Yahya Khan .

Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted Action on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr , Iraq , near Tikrit , that led to Causation the capture Arrest of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein .

Prior to the massacre , four to five thousand students from various universities had demonstrated Protest for more than a week against the return of former military dictator Thanom Kittikachorn to Thailand from Singapore .

Even before the Colorado rebellion Change_of_leadership , the Blancos within fusionism had sought Getting an alliance with Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López .

The Italian victory coincided with the zenith of the popularity of dictator Benito Mussolini and the Fascist regime at home and abroad .

Shortly after a botched public speech by Ceaușescu in Bucharest ( Romania 's capital city ) that was broadcast Expressing_publicly to millions of Romanians on state television , rank-and-file members of the military switched Change , almost unanimously , from supporting the dictator to backing the protesting population .