Word: duress
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...MILF, however, has consistently denied any links with JI. "JI is a germ," is how MILF negotiator Michael Mastura put it to TIME. "Why should we allow ourselves to become infected?" Mastura says statements made by JI detainees like Hambali, which occur under the extreme duress of interrogation, aren't credible. Moreover, the MILF promised a year-and-a-half ago to cut all ties with foreign and local terrorists as part of the peace negotiations. Since then, the Philippine government has skirted the subject of JI's presence in Mindanao. "We give our MILF brethren the benefit...
...principle, I refused to negotiate under attack, but in practice I just can’t continue under this duress. So instead of negotiating, I’m giving in. I sleep in the stairwell now, and the Chairman generously lets me into my room once a day to clean up after his friends. Meanwhile, he sits at my window and flashes V for victory, promising anyone who’ll listen that this is only the first step. The Chairman plans to takeover the Masters’ residence if Sharon won’t let him back into...
...approach soon caught on. "He always says just what he thinks," says engineer Chartchai Kaewsung, who tunes into Veera when he is driving in Bangkok's endlessly snarled traffic. "He is not scared to criticize anyone, even when it comes to the government." Indeed, at a time of economic duress and social uncertainty, Veera refuses to dispense messages of false hope or make promises he can't keep. The audience has responded to his ruthlessly practical, no-nonsense approach. "When I first started this program in 1998, people thought I was aggressive and rude," recalls the former business journalist whose...
...Checking his weapons at the door, he and four other commanders failed to notice antiterror police ringing the building. When he arrived on the second floor, he recognized his captors and gave up without a fight. According to investigators, battle-hardened paramilitaries and criminals known for their silence under duress - one of the charged was known simply as the Mute - began to talk. The inducement: a mistaken impression of what was involved in becoming a protected witness. "This was a new concept for them," says Milic. They thought that they would be absolved of responsiblity for any crimes they...
...Cousin Vinny counter-culture. His name is also the source of the term ‘Macchio’ (adj., n.) referring to the male instinct to act like Ralph Macchio’s character in the Karate Kid (before Mr. Miyagi’s tutelage) when under duress. (Example: ‘Sir, this is a family establishment—you’re going to have to quell the Macchio instinct...