Militias
Militia activism has been a part of the American political and social landscape since the beginning of the Republic. Beginning with the Anti-Federalists during the founding period, there has ...
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President Alvaro Uribe on Sunday rejected allegations in a leaked CIA report that his army chief collaborated extensively with right-wing militias accused of some of the worst atrocities in Colombi...
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A look at Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia, which he said Wednesday would "freeze" operations for up to six months.___MUQTADA AL-SADR: The radical Shiite cleric commands inf...
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Five Britons who were kidnapped in Baghdad last month are being held by a secret cell of the Mahdi Army militia that was armed, trained and funded by Iran, the top U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted...
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Five men accused of belonging to a self-styled militia were indicted on federal explosives and weapons charges after raids that uncovered an arsenal of homemade hand grenades and firearms, authorit...
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Ramallah (dpa) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday
banned all armed militias operating in the Palestinian areas,
"regardless of their affiliation."
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One of five men described as members of a self-styled militia pleaded guilty to federal explosives and conspiracy charges Monday after admitting he made hand grenades and other weapons for the ragt...
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Berlin (dpa) - Priority should be given to disarming militia
groups in Lebanon, a German government spokesman said Monday,
following new clashes between the army and Islamic...
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A U.N.-backed court sentenced two former leaders of a pro-government militia to six and eight years in prison Tuesday for brutalities committed during Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war.The rulin...
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh insisted Friday that Hamas' 6,000-strong militia be recognized as a branch of the Palestinian security forces, a point of dispute that has provoked bloody clashes with...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government inadvertently paid one month's salary to 3,500 members of the Hamas militia he outlawed, Finance Ministry officials said Wednesday.The ministry order...
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Militias
Colombia denies militia collaboration
