militia
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This is, initially, a 10-day ceasefire after six weeks of a devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia Muslim militia and political party.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 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
It is administered by Japan and claimed by China and Taiwan, with China’s coast guard and fishing militia dialing up their presence around it since 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
A US state department official said an individual with ties to an Iranian-aligned militia group, Kataib Hezbollah, was detained by Iraqi authorities.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Before leaving, Andrew Judge secured a place in history as the man who sewed George Washington’s buff-and-blue Virginia militia uniform, when the future general went off to the Continental Congress in 1775.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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The Bill of Rights
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