Word: militiaization
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...commissioned by the U.S. State Department to investigate the genocide in Darfur, talked about his interviews with refugees in Eastern Chad.He said he heard stories of five-year-old African boys being “slaughtered like animals” or thrown into burning tents by the Janjaweed, Arab militia of armed horsemen sponsored by the Sudanese government. He said locals rape women as they leave the refugee camps to gather firewood, sometimes gang-raping up to 60 women at a time with animal whips.“When you hear about this, you have a visceral reaction. You feel...
...years. Many insurgent groups have become more tactically sophisticated and more lethal, and around 2,000 attacks are launched each month. Training facilities are dotted across Iraq; videos obtained by TIME show classes in infantry techniques and handling weapons. Abu Baqr, a former emir, or commander, of a nationalist militia in Baghdad who was recently released from a U.S. military prison and is rebuilding his team, tells TIME that "in the beginning, even I didn't know how to use most of the weapons, but I learned. We give out weapons from the old army, and the money that funds...
...BOWLs):The Hiking “Nature is My Temple” Granola:If you find yourself unable to resist calling someone “really outdoorsy,” the person you’re describing probably falls into this category. Unless the person is a backwoods militia member. Nature is My Temple types are earth-children who enjoy collecting leaves and “orienteering.” You can spot these gentle creatures swimming in lakes, snowshoeing, and peeing without toilet paper. These people refuse to brush their hair. They don’t shave their legs...
...Corps both deny any involvement in the kidnapping. But al-Zubaidi cited his suspicions as the reason he refused an offer by the Iraqi government to move to a house inside the secured Green Zone. "Tell me, who is in the Green Zone?" he asked. "The leaders of the militia...
...been raised by their histrionic mother (Brenda Blethyn) to focus on securing their fortune through marriage. When the wealthy and “amiable” Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) moves into the neighboring estate with his friend Mr. Darcy and venomous sister Caroline Bingley (Kelly Reilly), the English militia arrives in town, and the Bennetts’ painfully awkward minister cousin Mr. Collins (Tom Hollander) comes a-calling, the crop of potential husbands imbues the five young women’s lives with excitement. Knightley spiritedly plays, with a mixture of poise and tomboyish charm, the quintessential Austen heroine...