Word: militiaization
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Passing the residence of Polish Roman Catholic Primate Archbishop Jozef Glemp, the marchers paused, hoping that the church leader might appear, then sang a hymn beginning "Return us our free fatherland." Finally, farther along their route, they encountered opposition: massed militia units with dozens of vehicles armed with water cannons. There was no clash. The protesters turned away, hurling insults at the militia ("Gestapo," "Whom do you serve?") as they walked toward the Vistula River. There the march broke up. Said one young worker triumphantly: "That was exactly what we wanted. There was no violence. It was a real morale...
...government appears to have made gains in its internal war against the Mujahedin. This success has freed many units of the Revolutionary Guards, a civilian militia used to combat domestic opponents in the chaotic period following the revolution, to serve in the battle against Iraq. Fewer officials are being purged these days for political reasons, though Revolutionary Guards last week arrested former Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, who has long been at odds with the ruling Islamic fundamentalists...
...anti-American demonstration had been meticulously orchestrated. On the third anniversary of the downfall of Shah Mohammed Reza Palahvi, about 30,000 Iranians converged on Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square shouting imprecations against the U.S. At the same time, units of Islamic Guards and militia marched upon outsized American flags that had been laid along their route. Then, as the televised parade approached the dignitaries who had assembled in the square, a Soviet flag was mysteriously thrown down in front of the marchers. Before the troops could be halted and a startled official could retrieve it, the red banner...
...were making trouble in our back-yard. The more than $100 million in aid and 49 military advisers it dispatched then aroused indignation from foreign leaders and countless Americans, all reproaching the team of Reagan, Hang and Kirkpatrick for ignoring the all-too-apparent brutality of the Salvadoran armed militia...
...operating at St. Martin's Church in Warsaw, where people could learn what happened to relatives and friends and could even arrange to send them parcels. Priests were being allowed into a few of the camps. Some detainees told horror stories of the brutality of the militia, whose members sometimes carry special steel-cored nightsticks capable of breaking bones...