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  • Aid to Egyptian police and riot-control forces, which amounted to about $1 million last year, is minuscule by comparison.

    Unrest tests Egyptian military and its crucial relationship with U.S. Howard Schneider 2011

  • Numerous photos and video clips posted online appeared to show police attacking rioters with sticks, as well as the mobilization of a fleet of armored personnel carriers and riot-control vehicles.

    Land Rights at Center of Protests After Chinese Bureaucrat's Death James T. Areddy 2011

  • Given the magnitude of Iran's direct intervention in Syria and Assad's deference to his Iranian riot-control masters, it would not be too much of a stretch to assert that Iran, rather than Syria, is largely overseeing the repression given the extensive role Iranian forces now have in putting down the revolt.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Iran's Proxy War in Syria Is Shoring Up Assad Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011

  • Aid to Egyptian police and riot-control forces, which amounted to about $1 million last year, is minuscule by comparison.

    Unrest tests Egyptian military and its crucial relationship with U.S. Howard Schneider 2011

  • Given the magnitude of Iran's direct intervention in Syria and Assad's deference to his Iranian riot-control masters, it would not be too much of a stretch to assert that Iran, rather than Syria, is largely overseeing the repression given the extensive role Iranian forces now have in putting down the revolt.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Iran's Proxy War in Syria Is Shoring Up Assad Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011

  • Those clashes, after peaceful uprisings that deposed the longtime rulers of Tunisia and Egypt, crystallized a rethinking of Israel's riot-control tactics that had begun months before the Arab Spring revolutions, according to Ron Ben Yishai, a military analyst for the newspaper Yediot Aharonot.

    Grappling With Protests, Israel Seeks to Limit Use of Force Joshua Mitnick 2011

  • TEL AVIV Reuters - A senior officer said Monday that Israeli soldiers would show "much more tolerance" toward Palestinian demonstrations than in the past thanks to riot-control training and new equipment designed to reduce injuries and deaths.

    Israel vows "tolerance" for Palestinian protests Reuters 2011

  • While Mr. Kan's side cites the dispatch of Tokyo firefighters as an example of the new system in action, his critics point to an earlier episode in which a police riot-control truck failed to tame overheating spent-fuel pools.

    Kan Cuts Out Bureaucrats Yuka Hayashi 2011

  • Numerous photos and video clips posted online appeared to show police attacking rioters with sticks, as well as the mobilization of a fleet of armored personnel carriers and riot-control vehicles.

    Land Rights at Center of Protests After Chinese Bureaucrat's Death James T. Areddy 2011

  • TEL AVIV Reuters - A senior officer said Monday that Israeli soldiers would show "much more tolerance" toward Palestinian demonstrations than in the past thanks to riot-control training and new equipment designed to reduce injuries and deaths.

    Israel vows "tolerance" for Palestinian protests Reuters 2011

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