Word: militiamen
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Tahsin, 26, a laborer, has just left the city by foot after the arrest of his brother, whom he saw militiamen beat down with the butts of their guns. Working off his fear, Tahsin says vehemently, "They are shooting people who are saying anything against them, and you don't know who they are because they are all dressed like civilians." He says the Baath Party members and militia fighters use civilians' houses as refuges. And some have mounted mortars on the backs of pickups that can move quickly after firing. The British are wary about returning fire into civilian...
...hard sell, especially when TV images provide stark reminders of the real human costs of that conflict. What's more, though the war in Iraq is still in its early stages, the inability of the U.S. and British forces to deliver a swift victory?and the early success militiamen have had in temporarily sidetracking the march to Baghdad?is chipping away at the aura of American military invincibility. It has happened before, in Somalia in 1993 for example, but never was there this level of round-the-clock coverage of each roadblock and minor setback. And never before were there...
...vehicle was fired upon near the Iranian border, the U.S. sent in warplanes to quiet two sparring militias. More recently, on March 22 in Paktia province, the U.S. called in air strikes against warlord Pacha Khan Zadran, whose men had set up roadblocks and were shaking down travelers. Several militiamen were killed in the air raid, including Zadran's eldest son. Zadran had been considered an ally, but after his son's death, he's joined what appears to be a growing list of America's sworn enemies...
...overthrow was set in motion on April 11 after Ch?vez-funded militiamen opened fire on 300,000 protesters backing a general strike, as they marched toward the presidential palace. Fifteen were killed. Generals in the armed forces began renouncing the President on television. The military high command took Ch?vez into custody and pressured him to resign. He refused, but the generals told the media he had stepped down. Washington chose to believe it. In a press conference the next day, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer acknowledged the transition government headed by Carmona, president of Venezuela?s largest business association...
...month ago, a Pajero jeep with four men and three burka-clad women was stopped at a checkpoint in Chapri, a village with an ancient stone arch that serves as a gateway to the Pakistani tribal region. Two tribal militiamen questioned one of the passengers and was surprised that he spoke no Pashtu. He was a Yemenite. All the passengers were ordered out of the car, and the militiamen noticed that the women in the burkas were very tall; one of them wore men's sandals. They turned out to be African men, two Sudanese and a Mauritanian. Their Pakistani...