militia
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The government has appealed to parents to allow their children join the Basij volunteer militia – a key arm of state enforcement – to help guard checkpoints.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Separately, fighting continued in Lebanon, where Israel said it is going to pursue its campaign against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Iran, he reminded me, has around 90 million people and an estimated 200,000 in the armed militia and paramilitary forces.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
The Basij is a volunteer militia controlled by the IRGC, with an estimated one million members.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Created in the nineteenth century as a volunteer citizen militia to fight American Indians on the frontier and, later, Mexicans along the border, the Rangers had evolved into a kind of state police force.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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The Bill of Rights
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