Word: factionalization
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...ESCAPED. Alfredo Reinado, 39, army officer who led a breakaway faction of East Timor's military to rebel against the government; in a mass breakout along with 55 other prisoners; in Dili. Widespread unrest and fighting between Reinado's troops and government forces in May killed at least 20 people, prompting the deployment of international peacekeeping troops and eventually leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in June. Gang violence in Dili following Reinado's escape has raised concerns about the nation's fragile security situation...
...phone interview that on September 2, then rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov (killed by the Russian forces in March, 200 5) gave him orders to do everything possible to save the children." Zakayev said they both "were horrified at this atrocity." Though Maskhadov and Zakayev were not part of the faction that initiated the school operation, they wielded sufficient authority and moral weight to order them to release the hostages in exchange for their safe passage...
...ready to handle democracy. Reading about the acts of barbarism occurring every day in the Middle East, it’s easy to pass judgment on a violent foreign culture. We’ve conveniently forgotten how our own country was preserved.Back in the American 1860s, two irreconcilable factions shot at each other and blew each other up until one faction managed to conquer the other.Brutal violence, occupation, and submission kept the United States together, not some diplomatic solution. If Iraq follows our example, fighting will continue until one group subdues the rest. If they resolve their conflicts peacefully, they...
...prison after serving a six-year sentence for "harming national security" and "spreading propaganda," Ganji, 47, is barnstorming the U.S. this summer to gain support for his reformist movement. He declined an invitation to the White House last month, claiming he doesn't represent a specific opposition party or faction. But this week, he seemed right at home in Hollywood...
TIME: ON IRAN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO BYPASS PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD AND REACH OUT TO A MORE PRAGMATIC FACTION...