DJ: The Militia of Montana was more of a mail-order militia; they were like the Publisher's Clearinghouse for militia groups to get videos, you know, manuals on how to set up your militia.
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The only mail-order militia that ever existed was the Militia of Montana.
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And the first two modern-day militias were the Michigan Militia and the Militia of Montana.
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During two hours of clashes, three pro-government militia members, including a militia commander, were killed.
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The U.S. says the Kataib Hezbollah militia was behind the strike, but the militia denies it.
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You'll find Oath Keepers that are members of the militia, but the group itself is not a militia.
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Unlike US movements such as the Oath Keepers, White Mountain Militia, the Praetorian Guard, the Bundy Militia, etc.
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Iranian news and militia websites reported Shi'ite militia fighters allied with Iran moved into the area at the time.
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SDF-aligned militia said they were reinforcing Manbij but insisted none of the fighters were YPG militia, according to Reuters.
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VICE's Ben Makuch investigates the origins of these militia groups and explores the driving force behind the militia movement today.
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In the cars were three prominent members of the Iraqi militia, including Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis, an Iraqi militia commander.
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"Falluja is a terrorism stronghold," said the militia leader, Aws al-Khafaji, the head of the Abu Fadhil al-Abbas militia.
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The US retaliated by bombing militia positions, which in turn triggered a militia-led assault on the US embassy in Baghdad.
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Accompanying Bertin were Kacou Brou, leader of Gbagbo's Fesci youth militia, Yaon Franck, a presidential bodyguard, and Watchard Kedjebo, another militia leader.
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The United States then launched air strikes two days later against the militia, killing at least 25 militia fighters and wounding 55.
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After weeks of the tense Oregon militia standoff led by the Bundys, law enforcement officials reportedly stopped a vehicle driven by militia members on Tuesday night, leading to a shootout that left one militia member dead and five others arrested.
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One militia member, who identified himself as a spokesperson for the group, told the New York Times the militia wants to support CBP.
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"Some militia were involved in the lab," said Oi Khun, a communications officer for the 3,000-strong Kaung Kha militia, in an interview.
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The U.S. responded with a strike on the militia in Iraq, prompting supporters of the militia to storm the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
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She and three other members of the Kurdish women's militia, the Women's Protection Units, were killed last week defending Afrin, the militia said.
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At least five other fighters from a government-affiliated militia known as Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) were critically wounded, a local militia commander said.
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Smyth, the militia researcher, doubts such rules would be enforced, noting the long history of militia commanders cycling in and out of political office.
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Iraqi militia groups have now acquired enough expertise to modify drones for attacks, two Iraqi security officials with knowledge of the militia activities said.
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While protesters have torched almost every other political party or militia office in Basra, al-Sadr's Saraya As-Salam militia offices have been spared.
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The U.S. launched a strike against the militia last week, sparking supporters of the militia to protest and storm the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
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Now Nasrallah's Christian militia is armed, trained, and supported by a Shiite militia that has been on the U.S. terrorist list for two decades.
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"That history showed that the way tyrants had eliminated a militia consisting of all the able-bodied men was not by banning the militia but simply by taking away the people's arms, enabling a select militia or standing army to suppress political opponents," he concluded.
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Members of militia groups would talk about being part of the Bundy standoffs as a point of pride, a sort of street cred for militia.
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"A rifle for each militia man, a rifle for each militia woman!" said Maduro, sporting a green military hat as he addressed the armed forces.
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Young boys are joining a self-defense militia Children with bandanas covering their faces and rifles in their hands are joining a self-defense militia.
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They comprise about 50,000 Iraqi troops and 40,000 Peshmerga, as well as Sunni tribal militia (about 9,000) and smaller Christian, Shabak, Turkmen and Yazidi militia units.
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When the Oklahoma City bombing happened, we had a backlash against the militia because of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols's loose ties to the Michigan Militia.
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Jowzjan Province, seven pro-government militia killed The Taliban attacked and captured the outpost of a pro-government militia in Mengajik District, killing seven of them.
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Most recently before the Soleimani strike, a rocket attack in Iraq the United States blamed on an Iran-backed militia killed a U.S. contractor, leading to retaliatory U.S. strikes on the militia, which in turn led to supporters of the militia storming the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
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The armed forces (FARDC) and allied Bana Mura militia opposed the Kamuina Nsapu militia in a partially ethnic conflict that largely ended at the end of 2017.
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In recent years, Switzerland has reformed its gun laws for militia members after several incidents in which militia members killed themselves or others with their issued weapons.
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In a modern sense, the organized portion of the state militia is the State National Guard, and the unorganized portion of the militia is able-bodied males.
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Reuters reports that Iraqi security and militia said at least 25 militia fighters were killed and at least 55 were wounded after the three airstrikes in Iraq.
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The United States blames the attack that killed a defense contractor on Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia, and responds with airstrikes that kill 25 militia fighters.
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They threw water bottles and stones over the walls, raised yellow militia flags, set up tents around the embassy and sprayed graffiti in support of the militia.
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The US blamed the attack on Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia, and retaliated by conducting airstrikes on Iran-backed militia bases in al-Qaim, northwestern Iraq.
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Read: Charlottesville cops told "let them fight" when Nazis came to town Other defendants in the original complaint include more "Unite the Right" organizers, like Jason Kessler, Eli Moseley (aka Elliott Kline), the Traditionalist Worker Party, Vanguard America, National Socialist Movement, plus private militia groups like Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia, New York Light Foot Militia, Virginia Minutemen Militia, American Freedom Keepers, American Warrior Revolution, Redneck Revolt, and the Socialist Rifle Association.
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Badr is led by Iraqi militia commander and politician Hadi al-Ameri who's Fateh coalition of militia groups has the second-largest number of seats in Iraq's parliament.
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" Speaking at the same event, Flavio Bolsonaro said: "There is no point trying to tie me to the militia because I have absolutely nothing to do with militia.
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They hit three of the militia&aposs sites in Iraq and two in Syria, including weapon storage facilities and the militia&aposs command and control bases, Hoffman said.
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If the Second Amendment only protects those guns with a "reasonable relation to the preservation or efficiency of a 'well regulated militia,'" and if we know the militia is meant to defend against the federal government, then that would mean only those weapons not needed for the militia could be banned.
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Iraqi militia groups linked to Iran began using drones in 2014 and 2015 in battles to retake territory from Islamic State, according to militia members and Iraqi security officials.
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They were: Carlisle Light Infantry, Arkansas State Militia Corps (ASMC), Indiana Volunteer Militia, and Arkansas Defense Force (I found the latter two on Facebook, rather than via the SPLC).
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Militia announcements quoted by Libyan news agencies and television outlets said the militia fighters were still hunting remnants of the Islamic State forces hiding in residential neighborhoods in Surt.
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A government militia commander in the province surrendered with about 80 of his fighters to the Taliban on Friday, according to Naqibullah, a fellow militia commander in the province.
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"The anticipation of violation of gun rights is common among militia groups more broadly — pretty easily seen in all the 'molon labe' patches worn by militia folks," Jackson said.
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Iraqi Shiite militia supporters and protesters take part in the sit-in in front of the US embassy against deadly airstrikes on sites of a Shiite militia, Jan 313.
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Among the weapons that Soleimani's forces supplied to its Iraqi militia allies last fall was a drone Iran had developed that could elude radar systems, the militia commanders said.
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I have surface-to-surface missiles right now on my borders, only 30-50 km away from my borders, the range of these missiles could reach 550km, owned by militia, and militia carrying out exercises on my borders, and militia in control of warplanes, for the first time in history, right on my borders, and these war planes that are controlled by the militia carry out activities against their own people in Aden.
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TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants killed three government-backed militia fighters on Monday near Iraq's biggest oil refinery in the northern city of Baiji, police and militia sources said.
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The protesters, believed to be members of an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, were reacting to a US strike late last month that killed two dozen of the militia&aposs members.
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To recap: In December, the United States blamed a rocket attack in Iraq that killed a U.S. contractor on an Iran-backed militia and responded with strikes on the militia.
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Long Island has an active chapter of Oathkeepers, a right-wing militia group, and another militia group, the Three Percenters, has had a presence in New York State for years.
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If the federal government were to have the power to remove weapons from militia, the militia could never be a check on the power of an out-of-control national government.
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In the meantime, administration officials are reviewing an array of additional targets, including more militia weapons depots and logistics storehouses, as well as strikes against militia leaders and possibly Iranian ships.
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SDF-aligned militia said they were reinforcing Manbij but insisted none of the troops in the region or the extra fighters heading to the city were from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
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Following the latest standoff between militiamen in Oregon and federal authorities, I figured I'd head to embed with and make a doc about the most OG militia in America: the Michigan Militia.
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Shammari and two other paramilitary sources said Iraq's militia groups would consider a greater role for the head of Sadr's Peace Brigades militia, Abu Doaa al-Essawi, in coordinating their military strategy.
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Thousands of protesters and militia fighters gathered on Tuesday outside the main gate of the embassy compound to condemn U.S. air strikes on bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq.
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But Iran is taking steps to translate militia power into political power, much as it did with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and militia leaders have begun political organizing before next year's parliamentary elections.
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On Sunday, dozens of U.N. peacekeepers, civilians and militia fighters were injured as peacekeepers and domestic security forces moved in to dismantle militia bases in the Muslim PK5 neighborhood of majority-Christian Bangui.
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I ran to be militia commander in their next election, making speeches standing on a pew all about how I would turn the group into a legitimate militia that could protect our families.
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Kurdish fighters, who had held Sinjar since recapturing it from Islamic State in November 2015, withdrew before dawn, local militia commander Masloum Shingali told AP. Kurdish militia "didn't want to fight," he said.
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Although U.S. Customs and Border Protection has discouraged private militia groups such as UCP from "taking enforcement matters into their own hands," UCP and other militia groups began patrolling the border last year.
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U.S. Treasuries, oil prices and gold rallied after an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters that Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in the attack.
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U.S. Treasuries, oil prices and gold rallied after an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters that Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in the attack.
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U.S. Treasuries, oil prices and gold rallied after an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters that Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in the attack.
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Turkey wants NATO to formally recognise the YPG militia, the main component of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as terrorists and is infuriated that its allies have given the militia support.
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State officials openly condemned the militia after these videos surfaced.
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The head of the militia visited the exhibition, Farsi said.
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It also got close to the militia movement, experts say.
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What's the difference between a terrorist cell and a militia?
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" A local rancher woman said, "We're not from the militia.
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The terrorist group claimed it was targeting Shia militia members.
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Now the FBI has arrested one of the militia members.
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Almost certainly more reporters than militia up at the Refuge.
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Often their violence is blamed unfairly on a Fulani militia.
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One militia member was killed during a shootout with authorities.
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"We do not need a militia of toddlers," Marquardt added.
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In modern terms, the militia is, essentially, the National Guard.
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Manbij is controlled by a militia allied to the SDF.
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His militia were widely feared as drunks, looters and murderers.
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Turkey says the Kurdish militia maintains a presence in Manbij.
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While he was there government militia murdered him, says Noor.
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Youth are the most vulnerable to radicalization and militia recruitment.
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The Kurdish militia remains Washington's best bet on the ground.
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They repeat tropes gleaned from militia websites and social media.
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Mathiang Anyor is a common term for irregular Dinka militia.
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In more casual terms, it's The Sopranos meets American Militia.
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Arming a militia used to be a lot more shitty.
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The militia has been fighting largely to avenge his death.
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The Moscow Patriarchate side says its rival uses nationalist militia.
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The leader of the militia controlling the Zueitina terminal, Gen.
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The majority of the forces, however, are Afghan militia members.
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The militia handed the prisoner over to the American military.
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Above, Shiite militia members questioning a Sunni villager in June.
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Second, the principal instrument for slave control was the militia.
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Bunker Hill was the last militia victory during the Revolution.
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This maritime militia receives subsidized fuel, ice and navigational devices.
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Questions remain over the government's involvement in the militia violence.
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Plainclothes Basij militia members were also out on the streets.
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Others say, the militia forced them to take up arms.
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After joining a militia, he received military training in Iraq.
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Trump responded by ordering airstrikes against the militia, killing dozens.
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"Pokot militia openly carrying firearms," she wrote in one message.
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"I'm a hero to my people," one militia leader said.
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"It became explicit for me," said a third militia member.
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Investigators call that a telltale sign of a militia shooting.
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A spokesman for the militia denied involvement in the attack.
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It did not name the militia or provide further details.
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At least 25 militia fighters were killed and 55 wounded.
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More than twenty members of the militia were reported killed.
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It may also deter other militia leaders from committing crimes.
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Militia violence in the eastern borderlands has surged since then.
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Militia members could not be reached for comment, Reuters said.
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The militia is financed by the administrations of those regions.
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He also has the backing of some ethnic militia leaders.
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Abadi's task is made a lot harder by militia rampages.
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Drug cartel head 101 is to have your own militia.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nine fighters from a Shi'ite Muslim militia battling Islamic State were killed in northern Iraq when an Iraqi army aircraft fired at them in error, security and militia sources said on Sunday.
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"As the fog of war lifted and it became clear the militia had fired in error, the wounded militia members were airlifted and they are currently receiving treatment in a U.S. hospital," he said.
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The U.S. military struck an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq on Sunday after a rocket attack Friday that the Trump administration blamed on the militia killed a U.S. contractor and wounded four U.S. troops.
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They include rebel Kurdish and Arab militia members trained and equipped by the United States, Turkish soldiers, the Syrian forces of President Bashar al-Assad and his militia allies supported by Russia and Iran.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Several Iraqi militia fighters were killed on Sunday in an air strike on their headquarters near the western Qaim district on the border with Syria, military sources and militia commanders told Reuters.
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Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a tiny pocket with their wives and children, forcing a U.S.-backed militia to slow its advance to protect civilians, the militia said on Tuesday.
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However, the court ruled on Monday that there was no evidence that the man had a personal connection with the Islamist militia or that he was financially supported by the militia, German broadcaster NDR reported.
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Ibrahim's militia controlled neighborhoods in northeastern Aleppo where they allegedly took part in "plundering and abducting and captivating people ... and torturing and militating members of his militia," according to the Upper District Court in Düsseldorf.
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The case represents the latest chapter in the Oregon militia saga.
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Robow, his militia intact, is exhorting Somalis to fight al Shabaab.
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He said the militia were then chased out of the city.
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Turkey began attacks n Saturday against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
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Government officials and human rights groups accuse the militia of exploitation.
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Isik warned of retaliation for any action by the Syrian militia.
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This president ordered airstrikes on five militia air bases in Iraq.
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Chairman Mustafa Sanalla NOC would not negotiate with the militia group.
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A Mon militia was recently bullied into accepting the pact, too.
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In March a Dogon militia slaughtered more than 150 Fulani villagers.
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Both are hostile to the YPG, the main Syrian Kurdish militia.
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On the right, a whole quasi-militia movement is named that.
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Rebels say Iranian militia groups brought earlier evacuations to a halt.
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Three Iraqi militia leaders say the hostages were held in Iran.
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U.S. officials have previously described the other fighters as YPG militia.
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"Militia patterns ebb and flow alongside broader political currents," she said.
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The Bundys are exceptionally bellicose, even for a militia, she added.
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Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine by separatist militia armed
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The council also proposed bringing the militia into the government framework.
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In the meantime, it is buying lapis — from Mr. Malik's militia.
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He did not specify which candidate the militia members were supporting.
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Militia leaders closed ports and pipelines, militants set storage tanks ablaze.
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United Constitutional Patriots, the militia has not gone anywhere—and the
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Together, they battled Mr. Assad's troops and their Hezbollah militia allies.
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That's fine—instead, watch our new documentary 'Inside the Michigan Militia':
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The area is coveted by militia for its surrounding diamond mines.
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And what about that "well regulated militia" part of the amendment?
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That's where the root of the modern-day militia comes from.
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This was because of a law enforcement crackdown on militia groups.
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Is federal land use a core issue for the militia movement?
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I had a Michigan Militia Wolverines patch signed by Norm Olson.
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Turkish fighter jets bombed Kurdish militia targets around Afrin on Sunday.
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Turkey insists that the P.K.K. and the militia are the same.
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Militia and self-defense forces were set up to provide security.
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Salute or not, the mannequins gave off a distinct militia energy.
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It identified the executioners as members of the Kamwina Nsapu militia.
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During previous assaults, the militia usually attacked from a single front.
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One police officer and one pro-government militia member were killed.
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They are an Islamic militia with a profoundly conspiratorial mind-set.
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An affiliated militia, the People's Protection Units (YPG), secured the region.
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"It's a very dangerous cocktail of militia and mafia," he said.
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Several former militia commanders have risen to high-level political positions.
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Six pro-government militia members were also wounded in the fighting.
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It was not clear whether any militia fighters had been killed.
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"Our government collapsed because of these militia groups," General Amarkhel said.
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An intense urban battle killed 215 militia members and wounded 600.
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In response, the U.S. launched airstrikes against the militia Kataib Hezbollah.
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She is now being protected by a local moderate Muslim militia.
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"We know that they are a religious militia," Sheriff Mace said.
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Qasem Soleimani, as well as Iraqi militia leader Abu al-Muhandis.
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Another militia, the Misrata Brigades, dominate a port to Benghazi's west.
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The Pentagon responded by bombing militia members in Iraq and Syria.
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It fell, in October, to the militia now advancing on Raqqa.
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Supporters of the militia then stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
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Sallyport built a new base, with free electricity, for the militia.
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US officials held a pro-Iranian militia responsible for the attack.
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But Turkey insists that the militia is linked to Kurdish separatists.
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Militia commanders consider them ideal fighters—cheap, nimble, and psychologically malleable.
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The Shabab jihadi militia killed his father and brother in Mogadishu.
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It means the militia was in an effective shape to fight.
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The White House blamed Shia militia groups, saying in a Sept.
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The SDF includes the Kurdish YPG militia and allied Arab groups.
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And now the U.S.-supported militia is committing human rights violations.
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"We were at war," said the former militia member, Alexander Jones.
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One militia member was killed during the three hours of fighting.
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One pro-government militia member was killed and another was wounded.
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Since the prospect of a group of dudes carrying weapons in a paramilitary setup across the country needed to be addressed, the Militia Act of 1903 helped establish the parameters of what actually constitutes a real militia and give the feds more authority over them: that includes groups like the National Guard, the Naval Militia, and any veteran of the armed forces.
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Qais Khazali, the head of an Iran-backed militia that fought against ISIS, said the parliament would either vote to expel the U.S. troops or his militia and others would push them out by "other means," according to the AP. His militia is represented in parliament by a voting bloc that supports many Iranian policies in the region, the news service added.
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David Ngoy Luhaka, a priest and member of the Diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace, said fighting broke out on Tuesday when a Pygmy militia attacked the town of Manono, leading to reprisals by Bantu militia.
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The report describes how in Basra, under-resourced British forces made a "humiliating" agreement with a militia group in which detainees were released in return for a promise by the militia not to target British forces.
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Since Wednesday, dozens of Turkish rockets and air strikes have pounded territory taken recently from Islamic State by Kurdish fighters allied to the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) militia, a monitor and militia spokesperson said.
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In recent months, at least two Iraqi militia leaders have visited the Lebanon-Israel border with Hezbollah, and militia members say the visits have included developing plans for how they might collaborate in a future conflict.
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And our reporters learned that the Kurdish militia, angered by the U.S. military withdrawal before the assault, blocked the Americans from extracting about five dozen "high value" Islamic State detainees from the prisons the militia runs.
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Ankara reached separate agreements with Moscow and Washington last month to remove the Kurdish YPG militia from a swathe of land in northeast Syria bordering Turkey, which in return stopped its military offensive against the militia.
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A rocket attack on a military base in Iraq killed an American on Friday; the United States blamed it on an Iran-backed militia and carried out airstrikes Sunday that killed some two dozen militia fighters.
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Some of the protesters in Baghdad were members of an Iranian-backed militia targeted by the American military with airstrikes after commanders determined the militia was responsible for a rocket attack that killed an American security contractor.
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"It's known that Essam Al Asadi has relationships with Al Maliki and Shia militia groups," said an Iraq analyst who pointed out that most of Al Asadi's businesses are located in territory controlled by Shia militia groups.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — United States-backed militia fighters seized Syria's largest oil field from the Islamic State on Sunday, according to the militia, narrowly beating pro-government forces to an area critical to the war-torn country's economy.
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Demonstrators, some of whom were militia commanders or in militia uniform, chanted "Death to America" and set fire to the compound's reception area, leading to disposal of tear gas and gunfire, according to reports from the ground.
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Miller that Congress can ban sawed-off shotguns because that weapon was of no use in a well-regulated militia, making it clear that the right to bear arms was inseparable from the role of a militia.
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EST, with details of the live call with the remaining militia members.
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Haftar paints these militia as Islamist extremists, and so do his allies.
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Juan said he and fellow militia members killed six of the rivals.
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The term "brownshirts" was first used to describe an early Nazi militia.
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The militia was a recently formed unit of the region's security services.
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Riyadh accused Iran of using the militia to stage a coup d'etat.
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But the militia and its sister groups maintain close ties with Tehran.
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He must rely on irregular militia known as the National Defense Forces.
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The official said that the threat involves multiple Iranian-backed militia groups.
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You have to join the Militia Etheridge, do you know about that?
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This was the flag of a Yazidi militia led by Haider Sheshu.
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Some right-wing militia groups have expressed support for the absent lawmakers.
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But stickier talks await, between the Islamist militia and the Afghan government.
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That basically left the Kurdish militia as the one reliable fighting force.
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And Iraq's army and its allied Shia hashad, or militia, are mobilising.
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Members style themselves as "anti-authoritarians" and usually have a militia mentality.
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But the militia that held Saif ignored the sentence and released him.
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The settlers are fleeing, and the Governor has ordered out the militia.
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The only people at Malheur besides the militia are from the media.
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The SDF includes the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and allied Arab groups.
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The regime has had Hezbollah, then Iran, then Iraqi militia, then Russia.
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Aboul Abbas runs a coalition-funded militia controlling several districts in Taiz.
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Raids by local Mai Mai militia fighters are also growing increasingly frequent.
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Seleka's rule prompted a backlash from Christian militia known as anti-balaka.
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But the Malheur occupation hasn't gone very well for the Bundy militia.
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The SPLC says that 2015 saw militia membership increase by one third.
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Such a move could, Cooter thinks, radicalize the militia movement even more.
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" The conflict culminated in what militia members called "The Battle of Bunkerville.
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Militia commanders drive around in cars full of cash to pay fighters.
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There was no immediate comment from the government or the militia groups.
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Mr Nkurunziza's youth militia terrorises his opponents, many of whom are Tutsis.
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So vigilante militia groups that "patrol" the U.S.-Mexico border aren't merely
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The SDF comprises the powerful Kurdish YPG militia and allied Arab fighters.
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I found my biological father in a militia up in the Ozarks.
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Regular militia attacks have hampered efforts to contain Ebola across the area.
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There are hundreds of militia groups, many once proxies for the military.
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"The Second Amendment allows for a well-regulated militia," Professor Moore said.
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Then, in 2013, the fighting was between Syrian rebels and Kurdish militia.
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A Somali woman who survived political violence and rape by militia members.
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The militia has been heavily targeted by the Taliban in recent years.
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For many, joining the militia has been their first taste of freedom.
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Civilian militia members with AK-47s hanging from their shoulders meander about.
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At their campground, militia members squeezed off several dozen rounds before breakfast.
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A motley militia, in the reeking regalia of past schools and teams.
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"We accumulated a lot of information about one militia," Lavigne told me.
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One prominent militia may be realizing it can't have things both ways.
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The militia then destroyed the cache on June 12, the statement added.
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This isn't Arthur's first time looking for attention from America's militia movement.
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You know, it talks about a well-run militia, the Second Amendment.
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The 19-year-old was a fighter with the Kurdish YPG militia.
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Libby Nelson: Where does the militia movement stand in the US today?
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We no longer need "a well regulated militia" or a citizen army.
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One militia, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), is allegedly aligned with ISIS.
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Four pro-government militia members were killed and two commandos were wounded.
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One pro-government militia member and five local police officers were wounded.
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Seleka's rule prompted a backlash from Christian militia known as anti-Balaka.
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"You might have heard we are a militia," he said to me.
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Two pro-government militia members were killed and three others were wounded.
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Seven pro-government militia members were killed, and six others were wounded.
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It backs the Lebanese militia Hezbollah and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
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Some militia members pleaded guilty, and four participants were convicted last year.
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An Islamic fundamentalist militia known as the Allied Democratic Forces was blamed.
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The Shiite militia and political party is the strongest faction in Lebanon.
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Both towns have been besieged by government forces and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia.
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Turkey considers the militia a threat to its own borders and security.
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The pro-Iranian Houthi militia in Yemen claimed responsibility for the raid.
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One pro-government militia member was killed and two others were wounded.
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Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, killing both.
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In December, an Iranian-backed militia killed an American contractor in Iraq.
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So I can see the militia trying to help in some way.
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Kurdish peshmerga forces and a range of militia groups may take part.
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All three militia leaders have long been known to American security officials.
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The campaign is supported by the Kurdish militia that dominate the SDF.
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That militia has not had a presence in the area since 2014.
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The militia took the investigators' money and belongings, according to the report.
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The Afghan Local Police are a lightly trained, pro-government militia force.
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"There's a way to fix this," said one of the militia leaders.
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The designations reinforce sanctions imposed on the two militia leaders last month.
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Eventually, the demonstrators withdrew at the behest of the militia group's leaders.
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The US retaliated with airstrikes that killed dozens of the militia members.
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The YPJ is the all-female affiliate of the Kurdish YPG militia.
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There are radical Iraqi and Iranian Shia militia fighting for the regime.
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"The Kurds, Iraqis, Iranians, Shia militia, it's all a jumble," McCain said.
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Iraqi supporters of an Iran-backed militia stormed the embassy compound Dec.
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The next day, a 70-strong "women's militia" assembled in Grant Park.
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Ble Goude headed the notorious Young Patriots street militia during Gbagbo's presidency.
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Counties in Oregon are passing militia-backed measures against stricter gun laws.
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Six militia members were also wounded during the four hours of battle.
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Two members of the militia were killed in clashes with the Taliban.
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One member of the pro-government militia was killed in the clashes.
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Five pro-government militia members were killed and three others were wounded.
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The Philippines military has described the boats as a "suspected maritime militia".
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And in April, Turkey bombed YPG militia members in Iraq and Syria.
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A number of militia groups on the border took notice as well.
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What led a militia to take over a federal building in Oregon?
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They said the Second Amendment refers only to a person's right to own a firearm while in "a well regulated militia" and, therefore, people need to be part of a militia to have a right to bear arms.
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Taliban insurgents captured a government village and an Afghan National Army outpost in the Dowm Qala area of Gorziwan District, killing two soldiers and one member of a pro-government militia; five militia members were wounded as well.
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Mr. Qaddafi had been detained by a militia in the northwestern city of Zintan, and took part in the proceedings only by video link; the militia refused to hand him over to the Tripoli authorities, citing security issues.
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Demonstrators, some of whom were militia commanders or in militia uniform, chanted "Death to America" and set fire to the compound's reception area, leading to the use of tear gas and gunfire, according to reports from the ground.
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"You saw the militia walking down the street, you would have thought they were an army ... I was just talking to the State Police upstairs; [the militia members] had better equipment than our State Police had," McAuliffe said.
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KIRKUK, Iraq, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Islamic State militants ambushed a convoy of government-backed militia fighters near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk late on Sunday, killing at least 12 of them, police and militia commanders said on Monday.
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QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives and children, forcing a U.S.-backed militia to slow its advance to protect civilians, the militia said on Tuesday.
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Armed militia stormed and occupied a national wildlife building in Oregon on Friday.
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Riyadh sees the Houthis as a proxy militia linked to regional rival Iran.
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The militia evacuated 1,200 civilians from the villages, the PMU's directorate said Saturday.
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From February 11, he says, there will be "zero tolerance" of armed militia.
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Some of the militia groups themselves are designated as terrorist organizations by Washington.
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The town is controlled by a militia allied to U.S.-backed Kurdish forces.
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The footage depicted militia members detaining people, many of them children, while armed.
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No all-female militia ever existed in Wind Gap, her male teacher insists.
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He said Ibrahim was a clan militia fighter and Bajin a government soldier.
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It was not clear which militia abducted them or how they were freed.
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Laercio Souza Silva Guajajara, another guardian, said the group was "not a militia".
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Al-Husseini says his militia fired rockets inside Syria but didn&apost cross.
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His militia built berms along the border to prevent militants from sneaking back.
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"Where the militia is paid, there is no violence," he claimed last year.
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In turn, Kurdish regional authorities are blockading the Arab militia and the YBS.
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"We're trying to make the militia leave our town," said Andrew Snyder, 20.
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He said he did not have control of the local militia in Bunkonde.
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Critics accuse government forces and their militia allies of pursuing genocide in Darfur.
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After the massacre, Maïga announced that a Dogon militia group would be disbanded.
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The three men are all members of a militia group called the Crusaders.
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The "militia" in Bend is made op of farmers, cattlemen and normal people.
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All you need to complete your look is an era-appropriate militia uniform.
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But the conflict has also transformed Hizbullah, a Lebanese militia-cum-political party.
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The coalition insists the target of the airstrikes was a militia training camp.
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According to him, the militia at the refuge refused to let them enter.
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Turkey says the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia is an extension of the PKK.
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VICE: How did you manage to get such close access to the militia?
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The Second Amendment specifically authorizes a "well regulated" militia -- not an unregulated one.
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Those programs were hampered by militia infighting and political squabbling among Libyan factions.
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Qais al-Khazali, a prominent Iran-backed militia leader, also welcomed the move.
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Washington should extradite Gulen and end cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
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They are fighters in the Peshmerga, the Kurdish militia battling the Islamic State.
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The response has been hampered by frequent militia violence and low public trust.
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Dozens have died in tit-for-tat killings by ethnic militia this year.
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MRP, an anti-government militia, is believed to have been created in 2015.
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In fact, local authorities report the arrival of "militia groups" to Harney County.
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The airport was destroyed in a previous bout of militia fighting in 2014.
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On the other there's a ragtag group of soldiers known as the Militia.
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Mr Mugabe recruited a ragtag militia of "war veterans" to intimidate his opponents.
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The SDF is led by a Kurdish militia, which Turkey considers an enemy.
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What if an Iranian militia in Syria launches another drone attack against Israel?
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Militia control was very localized, often with individual towns having autonomous command systems.
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Militia violence in the eastern borderlands with Rwanda and Uganda has also risen.
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US officials have not yet confirmed that Clark was captured by the militia.
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Several of his children and five of his brothers serve in his militia.
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The authorities, resurrecting a Soviet practice, drafted local volunteers into a community militia.
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The SDF, dominated by the Kurdish YPG militia, controls much of Syria's northeast.
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Iraqi security forces and militia groups suffered many thousands of casualties as well.
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Abadi depends on powerful politicians linked to the militia for his ruling coalition.
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Occasionally, militia groups and white supremacists clash at the rallies they attend together.
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Our teachers are a part of that well-run militia, by the way.
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Experts refer to this process as the "militia-ization" of the Assad regime.
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"Why are we calling the #YallQaeda group in #Oregon "militia" and not "terrorists?
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Andrew Jackson was a 13-year-old militia courier during the Revolutionary War
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That death prompted retaliatory US airstrikes against militia targets in Iraq and Syria.
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LN: And how do they differ from the rest of the militia movement?
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The Michigan Militia never engaged in the government standoff they were prepping for.
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The new civil defense militia was joined by 21968,21975 volunteers in 20 provinces.
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About 230 militia in the first class of recruits are currently undergoing training.
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The base also serves as a training center for a pro-government militia.
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But Mr. Clarkson said on Twitter on Saturday that he condemned militia activities.
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Israel wants Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia kept far from its border.
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One senior militia official estimates the fight will last two to three months.
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Over time, respect for Mr. Sadr's militia among many Iraqis turned to revulsion.
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He ordered his militia into hibernation, but pointedly never had his men disarm.
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The United States responded with airstrikes against militia bases, killing several dozen fighters.
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Niccolò Machiavelli is out in the Tuscan countryside recruiting for a Florentine militia.
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A variety of militia groups around the country regard themselves as 3 percenters.
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A prominent Awaqir militia leader often linked to the Avengers declined to comment.
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The militia leader, Ezzedine el-Waqwaq, said he was busy with civilian matters.
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The Daily: Today's episode is about the commander of the Kurdish-led militia.
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It is possible that at least some of the graves contain militia members.
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And the militia leaders have specifically singled out the highway project for criticism.
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Supporters of the militia chanted "Death to America" when they stormed the compound.
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The explosion took place at an event for recruits to a separatist militia.
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Nóbrega, one of Rio's most infamous alleged militia leaders, was killed on Feb.
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The Trump administration claims an Iranian-supported militia called Khataib Hezbollah was responsible.
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Tensions are high after American airstrikes killed members of an Iran-backed militia.
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About 1,000 militia members remained camped out in front of the embassy overnight.
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The US retaliated with airstrikes that killed dozens of the militia&aposs fighters.
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But Turkey insists that the militia is linked to a Kurdish insurgent group.
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Dozens of militia groups operate in North Kivu, the province that includes Butembo.
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Some militia members are fueled not by civic duty but by racial animus.
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Iran doubled down on the building of Shia militia, Hezbollah clones, in Iraq.
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Russia and the United States are discussing closer coordination to fight the militia.
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Russian officials said they were local militia or members of a motorcycle gang.
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The U.S. strikes in Iraq killed 25 people, sparking outrage from militia supporters.
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But General Awadh denied any knowledge of the larger militia deployment in Yemen.
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One militia member was killed and three others were wounded in the explosion.
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Badr and their militia allies secured most of the province by February 2015.
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A witness said militia members noted license plate numbers of anti-Sieting attendees.
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Mohamed Hamdan, the leader of a militia accused of genocidal violence in Darfur.
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Others stayed, eventually joining the local militia now allied with the U.S. military.
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Abadi tried, unsuccessfully, to prevent militia leaders from standing in the 2018 election.
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It provides free medical care for militia fighters and members of the public.
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Ammon Bundy, who was arrested Tuesday after leading a militia group in a takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, told his followers Wednesday to end the occupation, according to reports, as three alleged militia members voluntarily gave themselves up.
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There, its foot soldiers have been engaged in heavy clashes with the American-backed and Kurdish-led militia Syrian Democratic Forces who are battling to take back the turf, according to a spokesman for the militia and observers in the area.
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ELSEWHERE ➔ Iran-backed militia in Iraq: The U.S. launched airstrikes in Iraq on Thursday against the Iranian-backed Shiite militia members considered responsible for killing and wounding American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad, according to the Pentagon.
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After the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah conducted a rocket strike on a local base last Friday, killing a US civilian contractor and wounding several American service members, the US conducted airstrikes on five of the militia&aposs facilities on Sunday.
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The U.S. strike followed a sharp increase in U.S.-Iranian hostilities in Iraq since last week when pro-Iranian militia attacked the U.S. embassy in Baghdad after a deadly U.S. air raid on the Kataib Hezbollah militia, founded by Muhandis.
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Related: FBI Releases Unedited Footage of Oregon Militia Spokesman's Fatal Shooting A month-long land dispute between anti-government militia and federal officers in Oregon is evoking memories of another standoff that ended 25 years ago north of the US border.
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Bemba, the court determined, issued operational orders and exercised primary control over the militia.
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The militia then detains the migrants until Customs and Border Protection agents show up.
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VICE News visited the militia on its final weekend of military exercises this year.
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They are made up of dozens of militia groups affiliated with various political parties.
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Responsibility was claimed by Iranian-backed Houthi militia hundreds of miles away in Yemen.
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I sent a 55-gallon drum of personal lubricant to the Oregon Militia pic.twitter.
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A militia group detained hundreds of migrants at the US-Mexico border at gunpoint.
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"They're pretty pissed off at Larry Hopkins," Guerra said referring to the militia leader.
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The Zeynabiyoun is an all-Pakistani militia group recruited from abroad and within Iran.
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They packed rallies with the basij, their youth militia, and brandished Hizbullah flags aloft.
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Its militia controls a substantial area in the northeast and along the Turkish border.
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The YPG militia, which is part of the SDF, called for international humanitarian aid.
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Its critics say the main Kurdish militia, the YPG, has cooperated with government forces.
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The county sheriff's also telling the militia men to pack up and roll out.
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Turkey considers the militia a terror group linked to Kurdish rebels fighting inside Turkey.
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As Boko Haram retreats, a partially armed militia is being left in its wake.
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Iran supports the Lebanese Shia, not least through Hizbullah, a militia-cum-political party.
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They have joined with Arab militia under the umbrella of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
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Joe O'Shaughnessy, also a militia member, was arrested Tuesday night during a separate incident.
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Another militia member, Joe O'Shaughnessy, was also arrested Tuesday night in a separate incident.
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Russian airstrikes and Iranian militia have since bolstered regime troops and reversed the tide.
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Gilead may have all the power of a heavily armed militia on its side.
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But after days on the road they said militia fighters never let them through.
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The very essence of an 18th century militia is the individual's ownership of firearms.
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What they really feared was expansionist Shia militia, well equipped and funded by Iran.
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Mohammed al-Jumaili, a commander of a government-allied Sunni militia in Anbar Province.
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The government will not allow a militia to replace a civilian international airport administration.
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The Oregon State Capitol shut down amid fears that militia groups would cause chaos.
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A militia was roused to pursue the suspected killers: the Lenape, resident Native Americans.
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With arrests piling up, the Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia, decided to bail.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Militia forces loyal to the Afghan vice president, the former warlord Gen.
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Eighteen U.S. soldiers were killed when Somali militia shot down two helicopters in Mogadishu.
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The U.S. relied heavily on the militia in operations against ISIS in the region.
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Combat operations by many militia and government forces come close to Turkey's long frontier.
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Authorities found a screed about starting a militia that they believed belonged to Waters.
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Democratic Republic of Congo's army is carrying out operations against the Kamuina Nsapu militia.
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Mr. Muhammad described hours of intense siege, 12 militia fighters against the Taliban's 500.
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CJTF is a local militia created in 2013 to fight insurgency in the region.
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Heavily armed militia lays siege to Oregon's Capitol as Senate Democrats cower in fear.
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Unlike the current situation, Sadr was confronted then by government troops, not a militia.
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Abedi's father, Ramadan, reportedly fought with the militia during the Libyan revolution in 2011.
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Last year they fought another militia that is now attacking IS from the east.
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The retaliatory strikes were meant to deter militia from staging any more rocket attacks.
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The December attack prompted retaliatory US airstrikes against militia targets in Iraq and Syria.
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The Three Percenters, they're a separate movement, but they have adopted the militia model.
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The term offends General Hamdan, who rose to prominence by commanding one such militia.
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There was a one-day closing of the Capitol after threats of militia violence.
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People in the Dogon community created a militia to provide protection from jihadist insurgents.
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It regards the YPG, the strongest militia in the SDF, as a terrorist group.
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The militia has been the primary ground force combating the Islamic State in Syria.
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Like several other farmers, Youhanna now relies on a salary from a local militia.
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I thought I could go work with the militia [to further develop that idea].
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The Oath Keepers are part of the militia movement, not the white supremacist movement.
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Two pro-government militia members and one soldier were killed and 11 were wounded.
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Conspiracy theories in right wing and militia circles have continued to swirl ever since.
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But the Pentagon considers the militia its most reliable fighting partner in the region.
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Under a torn Colombian flag on a windy hilltop, a ragtag guerrilla militia gathers.
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Was the intended target a media office of Hizbullah, as the Lebanese militia suggested?
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It might simply have been that upsetting the militia movement was a bad idea.
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In that sense, the MILITIA Act isn't entirely meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
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Local hospitals said that five government militia fighters were also killed in the battle.
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According to Rio's Homicide Division, militia-controlled neighborhoods generally have the highest homicide rates.
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The rocket attack prompted US airstrikes, which killed dozens of the militia&aposs fighters.
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Heller that threw the whole idea of a well-regulated militia out the window.
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During the fighting, two police officers and 28 pro-government militia members were killed.
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During the clash, two pro-government militia members and two border forces were killed.
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Turkish forces said they are targeting ISIS as well as Kurdish militia in Afrin.
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Gordon is maybe a prophet, or a militia separatist or a polygamous child abuser.
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Security forces and powerful militia groups have fatally shot hundreds of mostly unarmed demonstrators.
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Mr. Ameri's coalition largely consists of militia members who helped defeat the Islamic State.
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Violent clashes broke out after U.S. airstrikes killed dozens of Iran-backed militia fighters.
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The United States and Turkey have been sharply at odds over the Y.P.G. militia.
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Garthim: The Skeksis' private militia powered by the Dark Crystal to do their bidding.
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He joined the Saudi war in Yemen to battle the Iran-backed Houthi militia.
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Gun rights advocates and militia members attend a rally in Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 20.
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Turkish howitzers also started hitting bases and ammunition depots of the Kurdish YPG militia.
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The US has blamed the deadly attack on Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia.
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The SDF includes the Kurdish YPG militia - the stated target of the Turkish attack.
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The next day, the militia was blowing them up, creating demand for another delivery.
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And Soleimani was an important Iranian interlocutor with the powerful Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
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The SDF was formed last year in an alliance with the YPG Kurdish militia.
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Newly recruited Syrian Arab militia fighters, allied with experienced Kurdish fighters, are encircling Raqqa.
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"[When the Constitution was drafted], the militia was a state-based institution," says Rakove.
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American commanders favor a mixed force of Syrian Arabs and the Kurdish Y.P.G. militia.
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It has been particularly angered by U.S. support for Kurdish militia fighters in Syria.
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Her mother was forced to watch the murder of her husband by ISIS militia.
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The strikes were against five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia.
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Bemba headed the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) and its affiliated militia.
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The peshmerga militia who first spotted Khweis early on Monday were suspicious at first.
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A U.S. air strike killed Soleimani and an Iraqi militia commander at Baghdad airport.
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Eliot Engel, last week advanced new bipartisan sanctions on the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia.
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The Lebanon-based Hezbollah militia, which the Quds Force helped found in the 1980s.
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Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to Soleimani, was also killed.
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Turkey sees the Kurdish YPG militia close to its border as a security threat.
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The accusations were made during an investigation into "militia extremist activity," the agency said.
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This protected the right to bear arms only within the context of a militia.
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A tribal elder and militia commander named Haji Khan Jan was among the dead.
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Turkey says the same of the Kurdish YPG militia it is fighting in Afrin.
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