Word: militiaization
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...flick the two joysticks that make my deer's head swivel and her tail twitch from 50 yds. away. This would be easier if not for the camouflage hat the officers gave me. With a curtain of dangling burlap strips, it looks like Bob Marley has joined a militia. My doe's head may be spinning around like something out of The Exorcist for all I know. I can't see through the dreadlocks. The driver may not know whether to lock and load or call a priest. But he's still watching. Go ahead, tough guy. Show some courage...
Does the rocket attack that killed a Bethlehem Fatah militia leader in his car mark a tactical shift by the Israeli forces in the West Bank...
...escalation that Israel has been warning of, in its repeated threat that it will 'know what to do' if violence persists. Throughout the current intifada, the Israelis have been saying they know the individuals behind this. The Israelis blame Fatah's Tanzim militia for most of the violence. Hussein Abayat, the guy who was killed, was fairly powerful in his neighborhood, and the Israelis believe he was behind the attacks on the Gilo neighborhood, which had so frightened Israeli public opinion...
...emerged, terrorist organizations in the Mideast depended on states to sponsor their activities. The notorious PLO dissident Abu Nidal, for example, might carry out attacks on behalf of Syria, Libya or other sponsors, as would the Venezuelan "Carlos the Jackal," currently in prison in France. Similarly, the Lebanese Hezbollah militia has depended on backing from Iran and a nod and a wink from Syria. Hezbollah, of course, has primarily waged a guerrilla war against Israel in southern Lebanon, but it has also been a suspect in terrorist attacks both inside Lebanon and abroad. But unlike Bin Laden's group, Hezbollah...
Call it the Barak paradox. Its answer is as painful as it is clear. For 30 years there has been an argument between doves and hawks in Israel. Said the doves: Assuage the other side's grievances--end the occupation; give the Palestinians land, a militia, their own state--and then we will have peace...