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This may be enough to deter hostile governments, but insurgents and militias might be less worried.

He said he had been encouraged by the government's increased use of tribal militias known as lashkars.

He also faced down powerful figures in the central government as he took on militias with powerful friends.

He recently regained control of his sector from thousands of Congolese soldiers stationed there to fight off the militias.

Mr Kabila has failed to start building a proper state or to demobilise all militias and create a proper army.

China does not like the militias' drug business, but it views their territories as a useful buffer.

S. officials have blamed the uptick on Shi'ite militias backed by Iran who are trying to take credit for driving American forces from Iraq.

As a result the great feudal lords throughout Europe formed militias , ever ready to engage in private warfare with each other.

Recent revelations have linked several of his supporters and a former senior official to right-wing paramilitary militias.

For a decade, the outside world was unable to stop rampaging ethno-nationalist militias turning ancient grudges into bloody revenge.

It was launched by a Shiite-dominated government out to break the local control of militias led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

They do not trust the army to protect them and do not believe government claims to have disarmed and demobilised the militias.

Fighting between rival Libyan militias near the city of Zawiya left at least ten people dead.

At least two million people lost family members, homes and all their assets at the hands of government forces and their militias.

This sparked heavy fighting after a week of relative calm when the cleric called his militias off the street.

Some unemployed miners had been expected to join militias, though evidence that they have done so is scant.

He says the militias used to attack people but now everything is good. He wishes business was better but says people do not have much money.

Maj Gen Carter also said warlords in Kandahar had been allowed to build up militias which they then claimed were private security companies.

The issue of the militias is one of the most urgent facing Libya's new provisional government, the Transitional National Council.

Militias of different nationalities wore their colorful folk costumes with up-to-date weapons held in hand.

Along the borderlands, knights are the stalwart commanders of peasant militias, caravan guards and adventuring groups.

The anger is apparent at both ends of the political spectrum - from militias on the right, to anti-globalization demonstrators on the left.

In an attempt to broker some kind of peace, the regular army and many of the militias agreed to merge.

He built up militias and armed "revolutionary committees" that are the final line of support for him and his powerful sons.

But a more prickly issue is the continuing presence in Congo of the remnants of the Hutu militias who perpetrated the massacres of 1994.

Libya has no experience with democracy, it is awash in arms and independent militias, and it is divided by geography and tribes.

Many of them had become involved with militias simply because there were few other options at the time of their arrest.

But the Americans have no military presence in these provinces and no influence with local militias or politicians.

The area is still home to leftist guerrillas and remnants of their arch-enemies, the right-wing paramilitary militias.

Villagers are displaced by militias to allow exploration, the land is despoiled, cattle die within hours of drinking contaminated water.

The Mai-Mai Kifuafua, one of many local militias, flaunts its power on a road where it extorts money from villagers and travelers.

The police chief in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, was killed by Islamist militias fighting against the fragile government.

The crisis: Most Burmese displaced persons and refugees fled due to fighting between the Burmese military and ethnic militias.

Meanwhile, Islamist militias no longer appear to be restraining pirates from the east coast.

In 2007, when the Taliban took root around the town of Babaji, they were evicted by British forces helped by the militias.

Those who stay face the increasingly arbitrary power of the police and militias.

It is standing up to Iraq's assorted militias and asserting its independence from both America and Iran.

After all, British troops were encroaching upon the lives of American colonists and militias were being assembled to prepare for war.

It was not clear whether the Russian troops and Ossetian militias planned to stay in Gori.

Militias are said to be rearming, this time with automatic rifles as well as bows and arrows.

But with a diffuse network of Sunni guerrillas pitted against equally disorganised Shia militias, nobody has the authority to deliver.

In the name of reconciliation, politicians disavow the militias that once killed on their behalf.

Others point out that the army is still an amalgam of former militias, shoved together after the Taliban's fall.

Government-backed militias in Darfur have sometimes killed well- drillers and ruined water points to prevent refugees returning to the land.

It's not entirely clear to me why it's important whether Iran is increasing the amount of weapons it's shipping to Shi'ite militias in Iraq.

Militias, hate groups and other right wing radicals all spread their message of violence and are known to throw around the odd pipe-bomb.

In places, in the name of "resistance" or Islam, Shia militias also attack American soldiers.

It is not clear what, if any, official role militias like the Ganda Koy will play in any miltiary offensive to the North.

Earlier this month two militias fought each other in a territorial dispute near the town of Zawiya, west of Tripoli.

Over the past few weeks the Islamist militias have captured the southern port of Kismayo and several towns near the Kenyan border.

I sensed our peaceful walk in the country was about to be hijacked by warring property militias.

Elsewhere, especially in the east, various local militias continue to roam menacingly across the country.

Individual villages and militias have also begun to mount their own attacks on oil workers and installations.

The Sudanese government allegedly responded by arming militias that forcibly displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

He has begun tentatively tackling the lethal ShiaH militias, now as much a scourge as the Sunni insurgents.

Local rumours have it that mullahs in Quetta in Pakistan, where Taliban leaders are based, have called for jihad against the Marja militias.

He has begun tentatively tackling the lethal Shia militias, now as much a scourge as the Sunni insurgents.

But we do have a Constitutional right to join state militias to keep the U. S. government from becoming too strong.

Meanwhile, renegade militias have been brought back into the fold with promises of government cash.

But by mid-March, Qaddafi's militias had regrouped and his tanks had rumbled back to the outskirts of Benghazi.

And Rio has another big enemy: militias run by retired and off-duty police and fire officers now control as many favelas as the drug gangs.

Hundreds have already been killed in similar incidents this year; some southerners accuse the northern government of arming tribal militias.

This time, there is a chance that the rival militias will not undermine the agreement as before.

Militias have been waging a street war there with Iraqi forces and Bush says the battle is a defining moment in the history of Iraq.

In addition, the Davion system of March Militias came into common use throughout the Federated Commonwealth.

But General Khan rejected criticism that the militias could pose a threat to Pakistani authority once the militants are evicted.

US officials have told journalists in Baghdad that they believe Iran is supplying sophisticated weaponry to the militias.

In 1988, the chairman of states and the militias were ousted by the military regime and people enjoyed nothing benefits at all.

Most disappointing of all, little progress has been made towards demobilising the scores of militias that roamed the south during the war.

Despite the hasty organisation of citizen militias, reports of roving bands of thugs terrified many, especially in poorer districts.

Sunnis, Shias and Kurds alike still see their respective militias as a hedge against an uncertain future.

Until 2008 Nad Ali had been held by pro-government militias financed, in large part, by the drugs trade.

Gushing with Islamist zeal, Pushtun youths rushed to join them as they swept the feuding militias away.

General Ham said Iraq's government has proved in recent weeks its willingness and ability to take on insurgents, including Shi'ite militias.

In recent months, she'd been gathering evidence of a campaign of house burnings by government-backed militias.

However, violence has intensified in Iraq since Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered a crackdown on Shi'ite militias in Basra last month.

Newly independent South Sudan is a rare example of conscription being introduced (in the hope of supplanting private militias).

Our sympathies now lie with the besieging militias, not the robber barons.

Since then, a string of militias groups have been formed, and many have fallen under the control of the Burmese regime.

Violence is rife in the Darfur region between government-backed militias, government troops and local insurgent groups.

The pogroms and killings were organised by gangs, vigilantes and militias across northern, western and eastern India.

Suspected Sunni insurgents often target members of the civilian militias that allied with Iraqi and U. S. forces.

This in turn has led to calls for sectarian militias to return to the streets to protect citizens.

Pakistan has repeatedly denied that its military or spy agencies still secretly support pro-Taliban militias, as they did in the past.

The Militias have not been disarmed and the local Kurdish army, the Peshmerga, is holding the north separate.

Tensions have arisen between rival militias and the chain of command is far from clear.

Tyrants in Burma, militias in eastern Congo, and Al Qaeda disciples won't be impressed by a revamped council.

Many recent conflicts have involved not organised armies but scrappy militias fighting amid civilians.

He says the militias used to attack people , but now everything is good.

That means no independent militias, no Hezbollah fighters, no weapons and equipment flowing to Hezbollah.

Local militias, organised around city quarters and surrounding towns, play an important role in Italian armies.

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The force, which critics fear will simply legitimatize existing militias, is stabilization on the cheap.

Still, the bulk of Invisible Children's spending isn't on supporting African militias, but on awareness and filmmaking.

It can serve as a wake-up call for strong government and an end to militias capable of insurrection.

But Iran's "malign involvement" in arming and directing Shia militias was also a problem.

For the past five years, Al-Bashir's armed forces and government-backed militias have killed, raped, tortured, and pillaged with impunity.

Army barracks allow the training and housing of full-time soldiers, rather than militias and citizens-in-arms.

Iranian-backed militias are already a powerful force in the country, with close links to the Revolutionary Guard in Tehran.

But stability is less assured along the lengthy border with China (see map) which is home to anti-government ethnic militias.

But stability is less assured along the lengthy border with China (see map) which is home to anti-government ethnic militias.

The KIO's military wing, the Kachin Independence Army, claims to have more than 20, 000 troops including well-trained militias.

Democratic Senator Reed said his Republican colleague was misreading the nature of Iran's involvement in supporting the militias.

Mr. Remonde described the militias as 'force multipliers' and says they have been effective in helping control insurgencies.

Pike Militias range from armed peasants to semi-professional well trained and equipped soldiers.

Since then, forces sent by the central government in Baghdad have crushed the militias.

And plans remarkably similar to the old British idea were put in place for local defence militias.

Who would think this, when the elite have funds, are creating well stocked bunkers and hiring militias to protect their enclaves!

And The New York Times also reports that you are looking into recruiting tribal militias?

Hand in hand with the insurgency, the militias have dragged the region into ever more deadly conflict.

Most awkward of all, how would a Palestinian government disarm settlers who insisted on retaining self-defence militias?

Militias will be used to control rioting and force order, with curfews established.

adj. Terrified Buddhists have fled insurgent zones or joined trigger-happy militias.

On the trek to these camps, refugees are constantly under attack by militias seeking to rape or rob them.

These days, the FARC attacks are often carried out by a growing network of urban-based militias.

Coalition airstrikes saved Benghazi in mid-March, forcing Qaddafi's militias to retreat.

It is very loosely modelled on the tradition of village militias in some parts of Afghanistan known as arbakai.

The rich businessman is accused of bankrolling the Hutu militias that committed the murders.

Meanwhile, Sunni militias are targeting Shiite academics, and vice versa.

Local militias play an important role in Italian armies. These troops are armed with short spear and shield.

For decades many of the city's favelas have been ruled by drug traffickers or militias.

At the same time, however, the stability that they and their private militias offer can be utilized for the good of Afghanistan.

Two years ago, the UN passed a splendid resolution, 1559, demanding the disarmament of all militias in Lebanon.

gun battles between militias and police have led to deaths.

The militias are said to use the weapons sparingly, mainly in response to attacks on Shia targets.

The national army is little more than a collection of militias and obeys no central command.

They formed militias to confront or ward off attacks by Native Americans or European forces.

New competitors face high barriers to entry, because existing militias have training and spare parts for the AK-47.

Pakistan's home-grown, Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militias continue to operate openly.

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Other militias come from communities locked in resource disputes.

Voters might also punish political parties with their own militias, if they are seen to be associating with terrorists.

Well, be very careful about [that], because it's not necessarily tribal militias.

Iraqi authorities say clashes between Shi'ite militias and Iraqi security forces have left 15 people dead in the southern city of Amara.

The booty helps pay the militias to fight, giving themgood reason to carry on the conflict.

The prime minister and Iraqi Army failed in their goal to force Sadr's militias to surrender.

Plan and fund eventual demobilization program for militias.

It is a lot more business-friendly than it was three years ago, when anti-Western Shia militias controlled the streets.

But after his fall Basra was gradually taken over by ferocious Islamist militias.

Washington accuses Iran of arming, funding and training Shi'ite militias in Iraq.

To all the young pioneers were and militias!

Manila has allowed local governments and police forces to tap militias to contain the insurgencies, and, in some cases, has provided arms.

the militias formed by the mainly Sunni tribal councils.

The exuberant rebel militias that have arrived in Tripoli are making a lot of people nervous.

But there have also been cases of South Sudan hammering militias that dared to defy it.

Once an officer in one of Congo's many militias, Mirindi joined the army after a 2008 power-sharing agreement.

There are reports that Mahdi army militias are harassing young men simply for wearing "western fashions" .

The left-wing militias fighting against the government for years relied on civilians for information.

But the militias will certainly become the target of angry Taliban once their "fighting season" begins in the spring.

The militias targeted civilian members of tribes from which the rebels drew strength.

He says another priority will be to disarm Mohamed Bacar's militias and find their leader.

Yes, I confirm that there are militias within the BATA.

The Times also quotes Afghans as saying the plan could lead to new local militias and potentially spark a civil war.

The state has failed utterly and rival militias vie for control.

The militias that we're fighting are backed by Iran, so this is an effort by Iran to destabilize Iraq.

American and Iraqi troops have inflicted a series of defeats on insurgents and militias.

To control territory, militias use rape as their weapon of choice.

As Congo's army and myriad militias do battle, the civilians suffer most.

Mr Abbas has outlawed Hamas's militias (a largely empty gesture for now).

In August rebel militias raped around 240 people over four days in the Walikale district of eastern Congo.

In Kandahar there are 23 unregistered security companies, not including militias working with American special-forces soldiers and the CIA.

And the Oceanic militias like to go to cafeteria via the peninsula with a formula of dramas.

There were reports of Misrata militias shooting unarmed Tawerghans.

These groups led many of the strongest militias involved in the revolutions.

In the past, much of the poaching in Kenya was done by Somali militias.

The group accuses the government of buying arms, recruiting fighters, and mobilizing militias.

Among Kikuyus, there is fearful talk of Luo militias loyal to Mr Odinga being trained in southern Sudan.

Members of private militias have been blamed along with the shabiha.

Nur says the government must first bring security to Darfur and disarm government-allied militias.

Consider Iraq, a place I visited in 2007 and 2009 for New York's Gay City News, where militias once tracked gay men.

Pakistan militias on the 11th, said 39 prisoners held in India the same day by the return to Pakistan.

Because of European "interest" in the Holy Lands, these local militias are kept busy defending their homelands.

Although poor and underdeveloped, it is free of the south's scourges, such as piracy, warring militias and Islamist extremism.

We made 15 stops, each time negotiating with different militias.

Militias were raping six-month-old babies so that countries far away could get access to gold and coltan for their iPhones and computers.

Roving gangs and carry-on government militias will have a hard time finding them.

By the most conservative estimates the new militias now have more than 4, 000 members.

Civilian casualties mounted, from car bombs and other attacks carried out by Sunni and Shi'ite militias.

The government militias are responsible.

The average number of daily attacks by insurgents and militias in Iraq leapt from 75 at the beginning of last year to 185 in November.

Compliant in the way of other militias, Colonel Karuna demobilised 5, 000-6, 000 Tiger fighters ahead of the army's advance.

And the Oceanian militias love to go to cafeteria via the peninsula dawn a to mula of dramas.

Since last year, when the militias were chased out of Basra, shipping has increased by 300 percent at the port.

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