Word: militiaization
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Says he: "It is not a call to organize a people's militia, to carry weapons and guns. But neither do we condone silent violence, where the masses are kept poor and ignorant...
...explosives. Two people were injured when Israeli troops opened fire, and a house was destroyed as the Israelis arrested about 30 residents. The camp was also the scene of escalating clashes between supporters of the P.L.O. and Ein el Hilweh's 30-member national guard, a local Palestinian militia organized and armed by the Israelis...
...Organization (ORDEN) was formed in the mid-1960s. ORDEN's dual purpose was to teach peasants about the evils of Communism and train them to watch out for subversives. But under the direction of a fistful of national guard intelligence officers, the group had deteriorated into a ruthless militia numbering between 50,000 and 100,000. One of the commanders: Roberto d'Aubuisson...
...terror occurred on October 18, 1983 when 250 to 300 Contras poured from the woods and launched an early morning attack on the sleeping village. Forty-seven people were massacred. The raiders set fire to the local agricultural cooperatives, the coffee storage office, the territorial and police militia posts, and cars and trucks used to build roads. After sacking a branch of the National Development Bank, they destroyed it, reportedly using American RP7 grenade launchers...
...dissatisfaction of some leaders of the armed forces stems in part from the involvement of at least 6,000 Libyan troops in the civil war in Chad. The officers are also reported to be upset about the growth of the "people's army," a politicized militia whose existence threatens the armed forces' influence. Last month Libyan air force planes bombed an army base in Benghazi after all or part of the garrison mutinied. Reports from foreign residents say that about 20 soldiers were killed. But the biggest disruption occurred on March 25 when a mysterious explosion heavily damaged...