And I am surprised to see a general listening to orders of a colonel.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

He refers to himself with a variety of names and titles, as captain this, colonel that, general that.

他用许多称号来称呼自己,例如 某某上尉,某某上校,某某将军

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Abdel Koudousse Ould Abdeidna, leader of the National Front for Democracy Defense, said mediation had failed, and accused Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gadhafi of favoring coup leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

There are also strict seniority rules for promotion to higher office like colonel or general, which require 20 years and 22 years, respectively.

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Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, head of the Defence Ministry's international co-operation department, said the proposal would easily beat NMD, which Russia says could drain Europe financially.

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Alternatively, this information could have been obtained by Soviet Colonel-General Albert Makashov, commander of the huge Siberian military district and a unabashed advocate of the assertive use of Soviet military power, who held secret meetings with the Iraqi Foreign Minister in Baghdad shortly before the invasion of Kuwait.

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