Word: militiamen
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...their latest campaign the rebels claim that in addition to their 30,000 fighters, called the peshmerga (those who face death), they have on their side some 20,000 defectors from the regular military and another 200,000 militiamen. But these figures are believed to be greatly exaggerated. "If you add them up," says a senior British diplomat, "the fighting should have ended some time...
...acquiesce in Syria's control as well. As a result, says a U.S. official, the task of persuading Syria to join the anti- Iraq coalition was easier because "we didn't have to start from scratch." Of course, there's still the little matter of the several hundred Christian militiamen who were wiped out as the Syrians eliminated the last remaining major resistance in Lebanon...
...dealings outside his borders, Assad's conduct has been equally ruthless. In 1986, for instance, pro-Syrian militiamen (using grenades and poison gas) killed more than 200 Sunni Moslem fundamentalists in Tripoli, Lebanon...
...concrete walls seal off the narrow cobblestone streets leading to the Latvian parliament in Riga's Old Town. Four barricades block access to the small square in front of the building. Milling around bonfires near the parliament's entrance, wearing combat gear and carrying AK-47 assault rifles, are militiamen loyal to the republic's separatist government. At other bonfires in nearby Cathedral Square, hundreds of Latvians stand vigil through the night, listening to passionate music and somber poetry blaring from loudspeakers...
...impression would not be far from the truth. Early last week, without warning, a squad of thuggish special forces from the Soviet Interior Ministry, known as black berets, attacked the Latvian Interior Ministry. In a 30-min. exchange of machine-gun and rifle fire, they killed two Latvian militiamen, a well-known filmmaker and a bystander...