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  • Clumsy attempts to stem the developments, through the formation of local militia's and intelligence-poor operations, have served to polarize communities with the IEA capitalizing on the local grievances that result.

    Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010

  • One medical student said he and his roommate blocked their door with furniture and hid in the closet when they heard the militia's motorcycles approaching.

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • Yes, by all means, let's ensure that all those little militia's running around out there have their right to bare arms preserved.

    NRA warns senators on Sotomayor vote; CoC backs her 2009

  • Clumsy attempts to stem the developments, through the formation of local militia's and intelligence-poor operations, have served to polarize communities with the IEA capitalizing on the local grievances that result.

    Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010

  • Clumsy attempts to stem the developments, through the formation of local militia's and intelligence-poor operations, have served to polarize communities with the IEA capitalizing on the local grievances that result.

    Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010

  • Entertaining to read the right wing-nuts regurgitate fact-free talking points spun out of the conservative political militia's "How to Attack Logic" handbook.

    Sotomayor approved by Senate Judiciary Committee 2009

  • Naqdi, the commander of the Basij militia, is described as being responsible for, and complicit with, the militia's abuses - including the deaths of protestors from late 2009 to last week, when the militia was out in force again to curb demonstrations.

    US Sanctions Iranian Officials for Crushing Protests 2011

  • Gunmen stormed a shopkeepers' meeting in northeast Nigeria and killed at least 20 members of a predominantly Christian ethnic group, apparently following through on an Islamic militia's ultimatum to kill Christians if they fail to leave the country's largely Muslim north.

    Killings of Christians, Protests Roil Nigeria Drew Hinshaw 2012

  • Many Iraqis in areas where anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army once held sway say young men who had worn the militia's signature black shirts have returned ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections, albeit in smaller numbers and a low profile.

    Iraq's Sunnis fear election could spark violence 2010

  • Clumsy attempts to stem the developments, through the formation of local militia's and intelligence-poor operations, have served to polarize communities with the IEA capitalizing on the local grievances that result.

    Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland Derrick Crowe 2010

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