Such professionalism was their greatest pride before the bloody 1973 coup.

However, just eight months into his Presidency he was overthrown by a bloody military coup.

Without supporters, bloody coups took place from time to time.

British set up an Iraqi monarchy that was replaced by a military regime in a bloody 1958 coup.

He is deposed by a bloody military coup in 1963.

General Doe seized power in a bloody 1980 coup.

She stopped only long enough to reach down with her knife and cut the bloody coup from the victim's head.

His bloody coup was the precursor of a political reign characterized by corruption, violence and economic decline.

The United Nations has refused to recognise the government of the military leader who took power in a bloody coup last month.

It also endorsed a broad amnesty for those who organized the bloody 1991 coup and others involved in its aftermath.