Word: treasonable
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...captain told me that every single day the Tehran police find one or two bodies of government officials or Islamic Guards, blindfolded, manacled and shot in the head by urban guerrillas. All such bodies have a slip of paper attached, declaring that the victim has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to death by the "People's Court...
...fellow raiders were given from six months to five years, and the judge later reduced most to six months. Hoare and his co-defendants were clearly the lucky ones. Last month four of Hoare's soldiers of fortune who were left behind in the Seychelles were convicted of treason by René's government. They are under sentence of death by hanging...
...declared that "all Argentines, in church and out, believe our cause is just. I think that the good God is content with this faith of ours." One of the country's notably progressive prelates, Archbishop Vicente Faustino Zazpe of Santa Fe, in northern Argentina, last week assailed "the treason of the United States" and the "hopeless hysteria of England," singling out President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as "mediocre" and "short of stature." On the Sunday just before Pope John Paul II was due to arrive in Argentina, Archbishop Antonio Quarracino of Avellaneda delivered a sermon that...
...group of settlers gathered around a bonfire one night last week to sing, dance and, in the words of one resident, recapture "the special atmosphere that prevailed here for so many years." One settler, a Soviet immigrant, cried, "Our Prime Minister is a traitor, our Defense Minister is committing treason!" In the main square, once known for its clean, green landscaping, graffiti had appeared on the walls: "No to exile and wandering, yes to fatherland and freedom." Sand dunes, pushed by the wind, were already attacking the town from all sides. Even a big white dove of peace, painted...
...most crucial election campaign in the history of El Salvador came to a bitter end last week with a stream of venomous accusations. The major parties indulged in a final orgy of personal insults, cries of corruption and charges of treason. The torrent of abuse not only reflected the riven society in El Salvador, where more than 30,000 people have died for political reasons since October 1979; it sadly showed how difficult it will be to build a unified nation in the future...