Word: disbanded
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...Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's orders, U.S. proconsul L. Paul Bremer issues a decree to disband the Iraqi army and civil service. Critics say the move created 400,000 disgruntled unemployed soldiers and civil servants...
...have since turned against it. That's mainly because in the 11-year struggle to get the IRA to turn a ceasefire into permanent peace, they believe the IRA?s gunmen have won too many concessions. Their most recent cause for anger was a British government decision to disband a mainly-Protestant militia. The upsurge of violence may also be a simple resistance to sharing power with nationalists - certainly the Orangemen who sparked this bout of rioting aren't as interested in talking to Catholics as they are in marching past their houses. And their leaders have refused to condemn...
...will offer the remaining 10% a plural society. If they disavow the use of force and violence, if they forswear the use of guns and agree to disband the N.P.A., there is no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to join the political mainstream. If they resist, they will have declared themselves as public enemies, but they will be easier to subdue...
...brief statement sent to supporters of Senior Gift Plus yesterday, the group announced its decision to disband and return donations it had received, but also affirmed its dedication to total divestment...
...Mahan said he did not expect the group to disband until the Corporation fully disclosed all of its foreign holdings in Sudan-related companies...