1.   Saddam also reportedly purged the army in June after foiling an alleged coup plot, executing or transferring hundreds of officers.

2.   Yang and his younger half brother, Yang Baibing, then purged the army of officers who had failed to support the operations properly.

3.   But some of the names involved suggest the army is being purged of officers who were either accused criminals or reportedly involved in shady deals.

4.   The report blamed the Haitian and U.S. governments for a feeble vetting procedure that failed to purge the army of human rights violators.

5.   They issued a statement accusing Plavsic of trying to purge the army of officers who are not members of her Serb Democratic Party and replacing them with inexperienced officers.

6.   The influential Jamaat-i-Islami party said the operation was aimed at purging the army of religious-minded people.