1.   Moshe Yaalon, the army chief of intelligence, told a news conference.

2.   Upon taking office, Chavalit, a former army chief, wooed the military to try to shore up his political power.

3.   Wahid considered appointing Wirahadikusumah as the new army chief.

4.   The biggest danger is that his uncompromising stance on the presidency may anger the army chiefs, who are highly sensitive on the subject.

5.   Nine months later President Zia lifted martial law, but kept the ultimate reins of power firmly in his grasp, remaining both president and army chief.

6.   And President Abdur Rahman Biswas had to fire the army chief a few days later after tanks and soldiers surrounded the presidential palace.

7.   Another pointer came from the politically powerful army chief, Gen. Jehangir Karamat.

8.   A career military man, he was groomed by the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and retired as army chief of staff.

9.   Aboard the flight was Musharraf, who, though he did not know it at the time, had been sacked as army chief by Sharif.

10.   After obtaining sanction and assistance from the army chief, General Jahangir Karamat, Leghari sacked Ms. Bhutto.