"militia" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- To wipe out tribes, state officials paid millions of dollars in bounties and to support private militias.
- Although Ugandan troops pulled out of Congo last month under a negotiated peace agreement, the country has still been supporting militias and political groups in the region.
- The official said he took Mr. Museveni's remarks to mean that he would no longer support Congolese militias.
- (The Indians, of course, have also supported ethnic militias across the border as their instruments in undermining Pakistan.)
- But as Syria has stepped up its role in the shelling, supporting Lebanese Muslim militias, the Administration has decided to point the finger at Damascus for heightening the violence.
- Furthermore, Iran is believed to support Shi'ite militias, such as that of Muqtada al-Sadr, which have attacked Sunni groups and populations.
- He did say he agreed with the White House that Iranian operatives inside Iraq were supporting Shiite militias and working against American troops.
- It portrayed it as a result of a plan conceived in Belgrade that used the Yugoslav Army initially against Serbia's neighbors and subsequently to support local Serbian militias.
- The Americans have harshly criticized the Jaafari government in recent months for supporting Shiite militias that have been fomenting sectarian violence and pushing Iraq closer to full-scale civil war.
- In several states, politicians have supported ethnic militias that have been used to intimidate rivals and, according to rights organizations, have sometimes killed them.
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