Word: militiaization
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...claimed more American lives than did the first Gulf War. U.S. commanders hope the brothers' demise will decapitate the leadership of the guerrilla resistance that has tormented U.S. forces since the beginning of the summer and thereby deliver the enemy a mortal blow. The U.S. believes the Fedayeen Saddam militia, which Uday controlled during the war, is behind many of the attacks on American troops. At the same time, U.S. officials hope ordinary Iraqis will be encouraged to cooperate with...
...Sentenced. Benjamin Sarmento and Romeiro Tilman, militia leaders who opposed independence for East Timor; to jail terms of 12 and eight years, respectively, for murdering independence activists and forcibly moving civilians in 1999; by a local court in Dili...
...agreements may be between Israel and Abbas, but Abbas has little independent political authority and has, instead, operated as an intermediary between the Israelis and Americans on the one hand, and on the other hand those Palestinians to whom they refuse to speak directly - PA president Yasser Arafat, Fatah militia leader Marwan Barghouti (currently on trial in Tel Aviv on terror charges), and the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Abbas and Dahlan pointedly refused to accept security responsibility in Gaza without the consent of the militants - in the form of a hudna, the Islamic term for a temporary cease...
...schizoid regime in Iran--technically led by President Mohammed Khatami, whose attempts at reform have been stymied by supreme religious leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei--may be able to quell this rebellion, as it did a similar movement in 1999, aided by progovernment civilian militias. "Our leader has ordered us to protect the revolution," said Assad, a corpulent militia member, as he attempted to stop cars heading to the protests Friday. Assad characterizes the students as "prostitutes and gays...
...Security Council delegation visited the regional capital, Bunia. The intervention force will reach its full operational strength of 1,400 by the end of July. Aid organizations called for the troops' mandate to be extended. Currently, while soldiers are allowed to use force against the tribal militia to protect civilians, they are not allowed to operate outside Bunia. Rebels Regroup PERU Hostages were released unharmed after guerrillas from the Shining Path rebel group grabbed 71 workers laying a gas pipeline in a remote jungle area southeast of Lima. The hostages said that a ransom had been paid, which local press...