Word: paybacks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Islamists of Hamas, who oppose Abbas, claim it was their long war in Gaza that pushed out the Israelis, and want payback in the form of a big chunk of the 25 square miles of settlement land that will come under Palestinian control when the last Israeli soldiers leave (they're scheduled to depart in six weeks). Hamas wants to build low-income housing on the land to bolster popular support in advance of parliamentary elections set for January. Its leaders are casting Hamas as a national, rather than a purely Islamic, party that can beat Abbas' corrupt and unpopular...
...plot may seem familiar. In 1999 it was remade into Brian Helgeland’s sadomasochistic anger-porn “Payback,” starring Mel Gibson. The differences are astonishing...
...There's no denying it's payback for what's happened in Iraq and Afghanistan. You've been bombing people for the last two to four years, so you are going to get a backlash." SARAJ QAZI, Muslim shop owner in Luton, England, on possible reasons for the attack...
...guess: Neville's parents were tortured into madness by Voldemort lieutenant Bellatrix Lestrange. It's payback time. He's not the Chosen One, but he will take down Bellatrix before this is all over...
...Many Zimbabweans believe there are darker reasons for the sweeps, which have included incidents of police brutality and destruction of property. Most of those targeted live in urban areas that overwhelmingly backed the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in parliamentary elections last March. Many believe the arrests are payback for perceived disloyalty and a warning that antigovernment unrest will be met with force. But the arrests may also be a way for Mugabe to make nice with his new patrons in China. As he tries to cope with the world's fastest-shrinking economy, he has developed a Look...