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.