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  • After April 27th, w will never again have to live through another a massacr ew van be another

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • In his piece this month, Abunimah blasted Israel's three-week campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, accusing the Israel Defense Forces of "massacr [ing] civilians in the hope that the population would turn against those fighting the occupier."

    Theodore's World 2009

  • The fifa are closing their eyes towards this massacr. if fifa pretends they want fair play they should disqualify Algeria, otherwise fifa will be protecting violence and foul play. with this in mind Ireland should ply again.

    Reuters: Top News Kevin Fylan 2009

  • On a bien massacr ` e des gens chez nous, mais a-t-on jamais vu battre des Mains pendant qu'on mettait ` a mort un pauvre malheureux, un officier general, qui avait langui pendant deux ans en prison? un homme enfin si sensible ` a l'honneur, qu'il n'avait pas voulu se sauver! si touch ` e de la disgrace qu'il chercha ` a avaler les grilles de sa prison plut ` ot que de se voir expos ` e ` a l'ignominie publique; et c'est exactement cette honn ` ete pudeur qui fait qu'on le traine dans un tombereau, et qu'on lui met un baillon ` a la bouche comme au dernier des sc ` elerats.

    The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757

  • D閟esp閞� de ne pouvoir rien obtenir, il le tua, et fut lui-m阭e massacr� � l’instant.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • "massacr [ing] civilians in the hope that the population would turn against those fighting the occupier."

    Israelated - English Israel blogs 2009

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