A number of the medically unfit soldiers were sacked under the "manning control" system that allowed the Army to discharge soldiers it did not want .

Okruashvili had been sacked by the president, in November 2006, from his post of Defense Minister allegedly under pressure from the West in September 2006.

In 1805, the city was sacked by the Pashtuns under Muhammad Amir Khan.

In 764, Tbilisi was once again sacked by the Khazars, while still under Arab control.

The colony thrived for 75 years until it was sacked in 1300 by Christian forces under the command of Charles II of Naples.

In 1528 it was sacked by French troops under Odet de Foix.

The city is known to have been sacked by the Hittites under Suppiluliumas I (ruled ca. 1358 - 1323 BC).

Just the other day another moderate Saudi columnist, Hussein Shobokshi, was sacked under government pressure.

Reesing was sacked under heavy pressure from the Tech defense.

Samarkand was sacked by the Mongols under Genghis Khan in 1220 .