Word: civilianization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Both sides would probably use missiles, and in consequence there would probably be a large number of civilian casualties. The Israeli aim presumably would be a fast, decisive strike against Syria to avoid a three-front war, with Egypt, Jordan and Iraq joining forces to crush them...
...than a macabre happening that, given the circumstances, seemed to be almost ordained from the start. The whole operation began to lurch out of control during the planning stages, when intelligence reports gave "a false and misleading picture of the area as an armed enemy camp, largely devoid of civilian inhabitants...
...charge of pacification in general and was identified with the Phoenix program which was one part of that, which was to assasinate infrastructure--that is, civilians, civilian political cadres of Vietnam. Since most of this killing took place at night, on roads and whatnot, the program didn't in every respect increase the actual killings, because a lot of bodies were counted to fulfill quotas. However, the figures they gave out were 70,000 killed over a matter of several years, and by all evidence, by every testimony, the Colby policy of assigning quotas down through the line...
...name from September 1970, when King Hussein forced a showdown with fedayeen groups that had been encroaching on military and political power inside Jordan. The King's soldiers not only chased the commandos out of the country but in the process killed at least 2,000 commandos and civilian Palestinians...
...broader goal, chapter 31 of the General Laws should be amended to transfer the responsibility of investigating police misconduct complaints from the police department and city manager to a civilian police commission. Citizens should not tolerate a police department that is incapable of thorough internal investigation and impartial disciplinary hearings. Should Cambridge police mishandle the hearings on the Anderson case, the public should press city and state policy makers to effect a wholesale change in the system...