Word: combatative
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...world so obviously plagued by discrimination, the legal system cannot stand by as a silent giant, but must actively combat discriminatory practices,” she said...
...ultimately end up with a laundry list of laws attempting to combat gender, age, and racial discrimination,” he said. “The list grows longer and longer, while the enforcement of these laws doesn’t get any easier...
...morning, acting on a tip from a motorist, members of the sniper task force descended on a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice parked at a rest stop near Myersville, Maryland and arrested two men sleeping inside. John Allen Muhammad, formerly John Allen Williams, a 42-year-old Gulf War veteran with combat support experience, and John Lee Malvo, 17, are now in police custody. Neither have yet been charged in the shootings; Muhammad is being held on an unrelated weapons charge, Malvo as a material witness. Still, investigators say they believe they have found the snipers responsible for killing 10 people...
...formerly stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State. According to the Associated Press, after serving in the Louisiana National Guard from 1978 to 1985, Muhammad served in the U.S. Army between November 1985 and April 1996, joining the Oregon National Guard in 1995. He trained as a machinist and combat engineer, according to military sources, and received a badge for his excellence in marksmanship. He never received formal sniper training. His police record is clean, the Associated Press reports, except for a few minor traffic violations in Washington...
...primary function in the military was as a combat engineer - the personnel who specialize in building roads and bridges on and near the battlefield, clearing minefields and destroying enemy fortifications. As a member of the 84th Engineer Company based in Germany he was sent to the Middle East and served during the Gulf War - although not in combat...