Word: combated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Zairian military recently launched an operation to quell what they are calling a rebel uprising by indigenous militia. Long feared for their corrupt and brutal ways, the unpaid combat troops have scored a few successes against the rebels but in the process have spread terror throughout North Kivu. At the Lake Edward fishing village of Vitshumbi, 62 miles north of Goma, paracommandos stormed in behind a barrage of mortar fire last month, killing 15 Bangalima combatants and, according to local human-rights workers, herding 34 suspected collaborators into local churches and gunning them down. A mother of five reported being...
...fireworks did not begin at the scheduled time. To combat boredom, one member of my group suggested that we sing the national anthem. Amused, we all agreed...
...from seven Southern states. The Administration pledged to raise $10 million for church rebuilding efforts and more than $20 million to intensify federal law enforcement arson investigations. The White House also reassured the attendees that federal investigators would cooperate fully with any state and local law enforcement efforts to combat the fires. The President got a boost from the Senate, which introduced a bill Wednesday, similar to one passed unanimously Tuesday night in the House, that makes it easier for federal authorities to prosecute arson. Meanwhile, two black men were arrested and charged with arson in connection with...
...from seven Southern states. The Administration pledged to raise $10 million for church rebuilding efforts and more than $20 million to intensify federal law enforcement arson investigations. The White House also reassured the attendees that federal investigators would cooperate fully with any state and local law enforcement efforts to combat the fires. The President got a boost from the Senate, which introduced a bill Wednesday, similar to one passed unanimously Tuesday night in the House, that makes it easier for federal authorities to prosecute arson. Meanwhile, two black men were arrested and charged with arson in connection with...
...from seven Southern states. The Administration pledged to raise $10 million for church rebuilding efforts and more than $20 million to intensify federal law enforcement arson investigations. The White House also reassured the attendees that federal investigators would cooperate fully with any state and local law enforcement efforts to combat the fires. The President got a boost from the Senate, which introduced a bill Wednesday, similar to one passed unanimously Tuesday night in the House, that makes it easier for federal authorities to prosecute arson. Meanwhile, two black men were arrested and charged with arson in connection with...