Word: martial
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Inside OMON headquarters, Makutinovich's men go on preparing for a showdown. Some train in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts while others nap in cots, their black berets hanging from posts at their feet. They call each other by nicknames drawn from American action and horror movies: Rambo, Ninja, Krueger. Lieut. Vitali Belkin, commander of one of the five squads that make up the 150-strong unit, says the struggle with the Lithuanian government has already passed the point of compromise. "I don't doubt there will be bloodshed," he says. "Civil war is inevitable...
Hedgewar argued that the only way to restore Hindu vigor was to stir a sense of martial nationalism in Hindus. The R.S.S., which has grown quickly in recent years to nearly 100,000 members, emphasizes fighting arts and militant Hindu pride, choosing as its heroes figures like Shivaji, a 17th century Hindu king who successfully fought the Muslim Mogul emperors...
...Under martial law declared after the Gulf War, there is no higher court of appeal. But Crown Prince Saad Abdullah Al-Sabah, the martial law governor, must review all sentences...
RALEIGH, N.C.--Months after the U.S. victory in the Persian Gulf, some Marines are still fighting a war--against the war. About 40 Marines, mostly reservists, face court-martial for refusing to go to battle...
About 40 court-martial cases are at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune, the largest military installation on the East Coast. It's also home to the brig where at least 14 reservists are already doing time on guilty pleas in exchange for sentences limited to 18 months for desertion...