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"Militias" that plot to kill police officers not only are barking up the wrong tree, they also give those with the right ideas a bad name.
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"Militias" are, by definition, quasi-civilian, an armed populace ready to defend against all threats, including those threats posed by the government e.g. the British subjects of the colony of Massachusetts rising up militarily against the then-government and his army.
Obama wants to turn his "YouTubing-Facebooking-texting-Twittering grass-roots organization ... into an instrument of government." Ann Althouse 2009
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Neda Agha Soltani is the name of the young woman assassinated with a bullet in her heart by the Iranian government Basij Militias.
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Militias supported by mines often use mass rape and looting to control the population, and force children to serve in the wars or in the mines.
New Law Aims to Halt Sale of Conflict Minerals from Congo 2011
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Militias infiltrate the state from local police departments to state legislatures.
Brazil: Patricia Acioli Assassination Is Intimidating Message From Militias 2011
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But how come no media outlet has spoken of the thousands of Nedas in Iraq that have been brutally murdered by the Iraqi Shiite Militias trained, armed and funded by Iran?
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The Militias are a law enforcement matter, like your darling Muslim terrorists.
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Militias make up for lack of pay, some say, by the pillage of Pashtun villages.
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The Militias are a law enforcement matter, like your darling Muslim terrorists.
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Militias make up for lack of pay, some Pashtun residents say, by the pillage of Pashtun villages.
Ethnic Militias Fuel Tensions in Northern Afghanistan Maria Abi-Habib 2011
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