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It should be remembered, however, that the Algerian military and secret police, with years of grim civil-war experience behind them, are far more skilled at oppressive techniques of social control than the Tunisian army.
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It should be remembered, however, that the Algerian military and secret police, with years of grim civil-war experience behind them, are far more skilled at oppressive techniques of social control than the Tunisian army.
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KABUL—A group of former warlords who helped the U.S. topple the Taliban regime in 2001 have launched a political alliance against Afghan President Hamid Karzai's rule, in a re-emergence of old civil-war divisions as the country looks ahead to the departure of U.S. forces.
Ethnic Leaders Forge Alliance Against Karzai Maria Abi-Habib 2011
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State Treasurer Timothy Cahill announced Wednesday he will formally challenge the one-term governor as an independent candidate next year, a move that could set up a civil-war of sorts in the state's Democratic Party.
Massachusetts governor faces challenge from a former Democrat 2009
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Third, relative to neighboring Arab nations, Syria is a highly diverse, multi-religious, multi-ethnic polity which has made the United Nations hesitant to intervene for fears that disruption in the status quo will lead to a post-Assad, civil-war scenario led by an empowered group of Islamists.
Majid Rafizadeh: Will Assad Survive? Majid Rafizadeh 2011
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KABUL—A group of former warlords who helped the U.S. topple the Taliban regime in 2001 have launched a political alliance against Afghan President Hamid Karzai's rule, in a re-emergence of old civil-war divisions as the country looks ahead to the departure of U.S. forces.
Ethnic Leaders Forge Alliance Against Karzai Maria Abi-Habib 2011
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A group that is threatening to incite some sort of civil-war.
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For information, go to www.archives.gov/exhibits/civil-war .
Washington arts briefs Post 2011
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A group that is threatening to incite some sort of civil-war.
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Well – if the GOP has branded the educated, caring people of the US as "liberal elitist", then i guess this again shows the GOP as the "immature, uneducated, underhanded, cheating, and civil-war inciting bigots".
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