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- U.S. State Department to Twitter: "Stay Up"
- If there were any doubters left about the importance of social media in the ongoing rebellion occurring in Iran, today's intervention by the U.S. government, requesting that the micro-blogging service Twitter delay its scheduled maintenance shutdown, should put an end to any debate. Let's take a deep...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
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- Militia forum.(Senate subcommittee, chaired by Senator Arlen Specter, investigates the militia movement)(Editorial)
- Sen Arlen Specter seemed ill-prepared for the investigation of the militia movement in the US, and failed to call witnesses who would verify the racist aims of militia groups. In addition, there was no investigation as to why anti-paramilitary training laws in 41 states are seldom enforced. If Senator Arlen...
- Research articles 1995-07-10
- Citizen soldiers: the militia: the story of America's citizen soldiers shows that the militia and the second amendment are not obsolete. The populace at large will always fulfill essential militia functions
- When the English first landed in Virginia in 1607, they began a long process of transplanting their political, cultural, and military institutions to the New World. In addition to introducing their version of the Christian faith, they brought with them a traditional fear of a standing army, and a reverent...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Chad's president tells Sudan to stop attacks by Arab militia
- NDJAMENA AFP ? Chadian President Idriss Deby has demanded that Sudan's government halt attacks against Chad by pro-government Arab militia forces from the violence-wracked Darfur province. "Sudan, which is a friend and brother of Chad, must take all steps to control this militia which is attacking Chad," Deby said...
- Research articles 2004-05-07
- Feared Shiite militia offers to disarm in Baghdad bastion
- BAGHDAD AFP — A feared Shiite militia, accused by US commanders of operating death squads, is ready to disarm in its Baghdad bastion if police provide residents with protection, a government official has said. One of two district commissioners appointed by the central government to administer the sprawling Sadr...
- Research articles 2007-01-26
- More than 10,000 Iranian revolutionary militia wish for US defeat
- TEHRAN AFP ? More than 10,000 Iranian revolutionary militia chanted "Death to America" outside the former US embassy in Tehran, wishing defeat in Iraq on the "Great Satan." "The region will only see peace and calm when the occupiers get out," Yahya Rahim Safavi, head of both the elite...
- Research articles 2003-11-30
- Sadr militia says it holds Spanish, possibly US hostages
- BAGHDAD AFP ? Firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's militia said it was holding Spanish hostages and possibly an American, but Spanish officials quickly denied any of their troops had been seized. There was no immediate US reaction to the claim by Sadr's militia who said they planned to swap...
- Research articles 2004-04-08
- Sadr militia, army signal truce, toll of US killed in action hits 600
- NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? Shiite Muslim militia and US troops took a step back from the brink by agreeing to a ceasefire after two months of bloodshed, as the number of US soldiers killed in action in Iraq hit 600. An official from rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army...
- Research articles 2004-06-04
- Sadr militia, army signal truce, toll of US killed in action exceeds 600
- NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? Shiite Muslim militia and US troops took a step back from the brink by agreeing to a ceasefire after two months of bloodshed, as the number of US soldiers killed in action in Iraq passed the 600 mark. An official from rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr's...
- Research articles 2004-06-04
- Iraq police clash with Shiite militia in holy city, at least two dead
- NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? Iraqi police traded fire with rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army militia in the holy city of Najaf, leaving one officer and one civilian dead, a hospital official said. It was the first major fighting between the Iraqi security forces and Sadr's militia since...
- Research articles 2004-06-10
- US proposes UN sanctions against Sudan militia
- UNITED NATIONS AFP ? The United States proposed a UN Security Council resolution that would slap an arms and travel embargo on the Janjawid militia blamed for the bloodshed in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. But the draft, obtained by AFP, does not spell out any sanctions against the Sudan...
- Research articles 2004-06-30
- Multinational troops, Shiite militia battle in southern Iraq
- Iraq NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? At least 17 people were killed and a US helicopter was shot down in the fiercest fighting between multinational troops and Shiite Muslim militiamen in Iraq since a truce was brokered in June. Clashes persisted throughout the day, and officials reported more...
- Research articles 2004-08-05
- Fierce fighting erupts between coalition troops, Shiite militia in Iraq
- NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? Coalition troops backed up by US airpower battled Shiite Muslim followers of a radical Iraqi cleric in the fiercest fighting since a truce was brokered in June. At least 17 people were killed Thursday and a US helicopter was shot down. Officials reported more than...
- Research articles 2004-08-05
- Najaf governor issues ultimatum to radical cleric's militia
- NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? Najaf's governor issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the militia of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr to leave the Iraqi province or face a US military offensive which has already claimed hundreds of lives. "The military operations will continue unless the Mehdi Army militia leaves the province...
- Research articles 2004-08-06
- Iraqi delegates prepare to leave to coax militia out of Najaf shrine
- BAGHDAD AFP ? At least 50 delegates from a key national conference prepared to drive to Najaf, confident they could persuade militia leader Moqtada Sadr to vacate the city's holy shrine, said a participant. "Yes we're getting ready to leave soon and everyone will leave in their own vehicles,"...
- Research articles 2004-08-16
- Sadr presses Iraqi militia to continue fight after massive US attacks
- NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr urged his Mehdi Army to continue fighting US and Iraqi government forces after the militia holding out in Najaf's shrine area were pounded by the heaviest bombardment yet in the 16-day standoff. The militia leader's defiant call, delivered as usual...
- Research articles 2004-08-20
- Sudan allowing 16 militia camps in Darfur: Human Rights Watch
- NEW YORK AFP ? Sudan is allowing its proxy militia to keep at least 16 camps in its strife-torn western region of Darfur, Human Rights Watch said, days before a UN deadline for Khartoum to stop the violence. The US-based rights watchdog said its investigators had collected information on...
- Research articles 2004-08-26
- Shiite militia leader surrenders control of shrine stronghold
- NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? Shiite militia leader Moqtada Sadr ceded control of his Najaf shrine stronghold to representatives of the religious leadership following a deal with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to end three weeks of deadly fighting. But fighters of his Mehdi Army refused to surrender their weapons to...
- Research articles 2004-08-27
- Shiite militia leader surrenders control of shrine; hostages killed
- NAJAF, Iraq AFP ? Shiite militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has ceded control of his shrine stronghold to representatives of the religious leadership following a deal with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to end weeks of deadly fighting that has devastated Najaf. But fighters of his Mehdi Army on Friday refused...
- Research articles 2004-08-27
- Iraqi Shiite militia hand in weapons; US strikes Fallujah
- BAGHDAD AFP — Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's militia handed in hundreds of weapons in Baghdad, as the US military focused its fire on Iraq's rebel-held Sunni Muslim bastion of Fallujah. The surrender of arms in the Mehdi Army militia's Baghdad stronghold of Sadr City buoyed hopes for an...
- Research articles 2004-10-12
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